A primary goal of heavy-ion physics is the measurement of the fundamental properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), notably its transport coefficients and initial state properties. Since these properties are not directly measurable, one relies on a comparison of experimental data to computational models of the time-evolution of the collision to connect measured observables to the properties...
The observation of a finite global polarization in agreement with
theoretical predictions has opened a new dimension in relativistic
heavy ion physics as well as in relativistic hydrodynamics, with
several intriguing connections to chiral and electromagnetic effects.
Very recent experimental observations seem to challenge the
hydrodynamic predictions. In this talk, the status of the theory...
We calculate the $\delta f$ correction to the one particle distribution function in
presence of magnetic field and non-zero shear viscosity within the relaxation time approximation. The $\delta f$ correction is found to be electric charge dependent. Subsequently, we also calculate one longitudinal and four transverse shear viscous coefficients as a function of dimensionless Hall parameter...
In recent years heavy-ion collisions have noted that a preference for both a deformed proton and deformed nuclei are seen in comparing flow observables to relativistic viscous hydrodynamic calculations. Thus far, all deformations of nuclei have only considered the ground state of the nucleus. In the case of XeXe collisions, it was found that the deformed Xenon nucleus increase elliptical flow...
We study the role of fluctuations in relativistic fluid dynamics. We consider two issues, long-time tails in current-current correlation functions, and simulations of baryon diffusion in the vicinity of a critical point.
