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Hydrodynamical noise and Gubser flow

Nuclear Theory 2016-04-20 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Hydrodynamical noise is introduced on top of Gubser's analytical solution to viscous hydrodynamics. With respect to the ultra-central collision events of Pb-Pb, p-Pb and p-p at the LHC energies, we solve the evolution of noisy fluid systems and calculate the radial flow velocity correlations. We show that the absolute amplitude of the hydrodynamical noise is determined by the multiplicity of the collision event. The evolution of azimuthal anisotropies, which is related to the generation of harmonic flow, receives finite enhancements from hydrodynamical noise. Although it is strongest in the p-p systems, the effect of hydrodynamical noise on flow harmonics is found to be negligible, especially in the ultra-central Pb-Pb collisions. For the short-range correlations, hydrodynamical noise contributes to the formation of a near-side peak on top of the correlation structure originated from initial state fluctuations. The shape of the peak is affected by the strength of hydrodynamical noise, whose height and width grow from the Pb-Pb system to the p-Pb and p-p systems.

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@article{arxiv.1511.07198,
  title  = {Hydrodynamical noise and Gubser flow},
  author = {Li Yan and Hanna Grönqvist},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.07198},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

22 pages and 4 figures. Text and figures updated. New references added. Version to appear in JHEP

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