Published November 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Viscosity coefficients for hadron and quark-gluon phases

  • 1. Institute of Applied Physics, Moldova Academy of Science, MD-2028 Kishineu (Moldova, Republic of)
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region (Russian Federation)
  • 3. GSI, Plankstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 4. Moscow Engineering Physical Institute, Kashirskoe Avenue 31, RU-115409 Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

The shear (η) and bulk (ζ) viscosities are calculated in a quasiparticle relaxation time approximation. The hadron phase is described within the relativistic mean-field-based model with scaled hadron masses and couplings. The quark phase is treated in terms of the heavy quark bag model fitted to the lattice data. A two-phase model allowing for the first-order phase transition from the hadron phase to the strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma is constructed by means of the Gibbs conditions. Temperature and baryon density dependence of the calculated viscosity-to-entropy ratios (η/s, ζ/s) are analyzed and compared with those obtained in other models. Special attention is paid to the behavior of viscosity coefficients near the critical temperature, from both hadron and quark-gluon side. Effects of resonance widths on viscosities and viscosity-to-entropy ratios are estimated.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.05.058

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.05.058;
arXiv
arXiv:1003.3531v3;
PII
S0375-9474(10)00526-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
845
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 106-146
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

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