Early Time Dynamics and the Bulk
Abstract
Deciphering the origin of collective phenomena in small colliding systems is one of contemporary focuses in heavy-ion physics. It entails penetrating the barrier between two previously separated research topics: thermalization/hydrodynamization and phenomenological studies of collectivity. I first review some recent progress in understanding thermalization/hydrodynamization in large colliding systems, centralized on bottom-up thermalization. Then, using a simple kinetic theory I demonstrate how the investigation of hydrodynamization is intertwined with the study of flow in small colliding systems. Connections of these studies to "hard probes" are also commented where possible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2009.04974,
title = {Early Time Dynamics and the Bulk},
author = {Bin Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.04974},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
9 pages, 5 figures, contribution to the proceedings of Hard Probes 2020 conference, 1-6 June 2020, Austin, Texas