Hydrodynamics at RHIC -- how well does it work, where and how does it break down?
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-09 v1
Abstract
I review the successes and limitations of the ideal fluid dynamic model in describing hadron emission spectra from Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC).
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0412094,
title = {Hydrodynamics at RHIC -- how well does it work, where and how does it break down?},
author = {Ulrich W. Heinz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0412094},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures. Invited talk presented at Strange Quark Matter 2004 (Cape Town, Sep. 15-20, 2004). Proceedings to appear in Journal of Physics G