Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data

The large elliptic flow observed in Au-Au collisions at RHIC is often put forward as a compelling evidence for the formation of a strongly-interacting quark-gluon plasma. The main argument is that the measured elliptic flow is as large as the value given by fluid-dynamics models that assume complete...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Borghini, Nicolas
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2005
Materias:
Nuclear Physics - Theory
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10293-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/887935
_version_ 1780908384738869248
author Borghini, Nicolas
author_facet Borghini, Nicolas
author_sort Borghini, Nicolas
collection CERN
description The large elliptic flow observed in Au-Au collisions at RHIC is often put forward as a compelling evidence for the formation of a strongly-interacting quark-gluon plasma. The main argument is that the measured elliptic flow is as large as the value given by fluid-dynamics models that assume complete thermalization. It is argued that this claim may not be justified, since a detailed examination of experimental data rather suggests that the system created is not fully equilibrated.
id cern-887935
institution Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear
language eng
publishDate 2005
record_format invenio
spelling cern-8879352023-03-14T20:08:18Zdoi:10.1140/epja/i2005-10293-9http://cds.cern.ch/record/887935engBorghini, NicolasHints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC dataNuclear Physics - TheoryThe large elliptic flow observed in Au-Au collisions at RHIC is often put forward as a compelling evidence for the formation of a strongly-interacting quark-gluon plasma. The main argument is that the measured elliptic flow is as large as the value given by fluid-dynamics models that assume complete thermalization. It is argued that this claim may not be justified, since a detailed examination of experimental data rather suggests that the system created is not fully equilibrated.The large elliptic flow observed in Au-Au collisions at RHIC is often put forward as a compelling evidence for the formation of a strongly-interacting quark-gluon plasma. The main argument is that the measured elliptic flow is as large as the value given by fluid-dynamics models that assume complete thermalization. It is argued that this claim may not be justified, since a detailed examination of experimental data rather suggests that the system created is not fully equilibrated at the time when anisotropic flow develops.nucl-th/0509092CERN-PH-TH-2005-183CERN-PH-TH-2005-183oai:cds.cern.ch:8879352005-09-29
spellingShingle Nuclear Physics - Theory
Borghini, Nicolas
Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title_full Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title_fullStr Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title_full_unstemmed Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title_short Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data
title_sort hints of incomplete thermalization in rhic data
topic Nuclear Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10293-9
http://cds.cern.ch/record/887935
work_keys_str_mv AT borghininicolas hintsofincompletethermalizationinrhicdata

Ejemplares similares