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Magneto-Vortical evolution of QGP in heavy ion collisions

Nuclear Theory 2017-05-17 v1

Abstract

The interplay of magnetic field and thermal vorticity in a relativistic ideal fluid might generate fluid vorticity during the fluid evolution provided the flow fields and the entropy density of the fluid is inhomogeneous \cite{Mahajan:2010}. Exploiting this fact and assuming large magnetic Reynolds number we study the evolution of generalised magnetic field (B^\hat{B}) which is defined as a combination of the usual magnetic field (B\vec{B}) and relativistic thermal vorticity (ωμν\omega^{\mu\nu}), in a 2(space)+1(time) dimensional isentropic evolution of Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) with longitudinal boost invariance. The temporal evolution of B^\hat{B} is found to be different than B\vec{B} , and the B^\hat{B} evolution also depends on the position of the fluid along the beam direction (taken along the z axis) with respect to the mid-plane z=0z=0. Further it is observed that the transverse components (Bx^\hat{B_{x}}, By^\hat{B_{y}}) evolve differently around the mid-plane.

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@article{arxiv.1705.05657,
  title  = {Magneto-Vortical evolution of QGP in heavy ion collisions},
  author = {Ashutosh Dash and Victor Roy and Bedangadas Mohanty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.05657},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures