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Development of transverse flow for small and large systems in conformal kinetic theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-01-08 v1

Abstract

We employ an effective kinetic description to study the space-time dynamics and development of transverse flow of small and large collision systems. By combining analytical insights in the few interactions limit with numerical simulations at higher opacity, we are able to describe the development of transverse flow from very small to very large opacities, realised in small and large collision systems. Surpisingly, we find that deviations between kinetic theory and hydrodynamics persist even in the limit of very large interaction rates, which can be attributed to the presence of the early pre-equilibrium phase.

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@article{arxiv.2207.12789,
  title  = {Development of transverse flow for small and large systems in conformal kinetic theory},
  author = {Victor E. Ambrus and S. Schlichting and C. Werthmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.12789},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures. Presented at Quark Matter 2022, to appear in the proceedings