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Bulk viscosity in nuclear and quark matter: A short review

Astrophysics 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

The history and recent progresses in the study of bulk viscosity in nuclear and quark matter are reviewed. The constraints from baryon number conservation and electric neutrality in quark matter on particle densities and fluid velocity divergences are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0702181,
  title  = {Bulk viscosity in nuclear and quark matter: A short review},
  author = {Hui Dong and Nan Su and Qun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0702181},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

A section is added to discuss the constraints from baryon number conservation and charge neutrality in bulk viscosity