Light-heavy-ion collisions: a window into pre-equilibrium QCD dynamics?
@article{Romatschke2015LightheavyionCA, title={Light-heavy-ion collisions: a window into pre-equilibrium QCD dynamics?}, author={Paul Romatschke}, journal={The European Physical Journal C}, year={2015}, volume={75}, pages={1-15} }
Relativistic collisions of light on heavy ions (p + Au at $$\sqrt{s}=7.7$$s=7.7 GeV, p + Au , d + Au ,$$^3$$3He + Au at $$\sqrt{s}=62.4$$s=62.4 GeV and 200 GeV and p + Pb ,$$^3$$3He + Pb at $$\sqrt{s}=5.02$$s=5.02 TeV) are simulated using “superSONIC”, a model that includes pre-equilibrium flow, viscous hydrodynamics and a hadronic cascade afterburner. Even though these systems have strong gradients and only consist of at most a few tens of charged particles per unit rapidity, one finds…
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