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Hydrodynamics of nuclear collisions with initial conditions from perturbative QCD

Nuclear Theory 2011-09-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute the longitudinal hydrodynamic flow in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 5500 GeV by using boost non-invariant initial conditions following from perturbative QCD. The transfer of entropy and energy from the central region to larger rapidities caused by boost non-invariance is determined and the associated decrease in the lifetime of the system is estimated.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9705015,
  title  = {Hydrodynamics of nuclear collisions with initial conditions from perturbative QCD},
  author = {K. J. Eskola and K. Kajantie and P. V. Ruuskanen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9705015},
  year   = {2011}
}

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12 pages, including 6 figures