Entropy Production in Relativistic Hydrodynamics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The entropy production occurring in relativistic hydrodynamical systems such as the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formed in high-energy nuclear collisions is explored. We study mechanisms which change the composition of the fluid, i.e. particle production and/or chemical reactions, along with chemo- and thermo-diffusion. These effects complement the conventional dissipative effects of shear viscosity, bulk viscosity, and heat conductivity.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0103066,
title = {Entropy Production in Relativistic Hydrodynamics},
author = {H. -Th. Elze and J. Rafelski and L. Turko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0103066},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 pages; LaTex. Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B. - Two typos corrected and one reference added