Direct photon emission from hadronic sources: Hydrodynamics vs. Transport theory
Nuclear Theory
2009-07-22 v2
Abstract
Direct photon emission in heavy-ion collisions is calculated within the relativistic microscopic transport model UrQMD. We compare the results from the pure transport calculation to a hybrid-model calculation, where the high-density part of the evolution is replaced by an ideal 3-dimensional fluiddynamic calculation. The effects of viscosity, present in the transport model but neglected in ideal fluid-dynamics, are examined. We study the contribution of different production channels and non-thermal collisions to the spectrum of direct photons. Detailed comparison to the measurements by the WA~98-collaboration are undertaken.
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@article{arxiv.0810.0488,
title = {Direct photon emission from hadronic sources: Hydrodynamics vs. Transport theory},
author = {Bjoern Baeuchle and Marcus Bleicher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0488},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to Hot Quarks 2008