The effect of finite-range interactions in classical transport theory
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-09 v1
Abstract
The effect of scattering with non-zero impact parameters between consituents in relativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated. In solving the relativistic Boltzmann equation, the characteristic range of the collision kernel is varied from approximately one fm to zero while leaving the mean-free path unchanged. Modifying this range is shown to significantly affect spectra and flow observables. The finite range is shown to provide effective viscosities, shear, bulk viscosity and heat conductivity, with the viscous coefficients being proportional to the square of the interaction range.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0107001,
title = {The effect of finite-range interactions in classical transport theory},
author = {Sen Cheng and Scott Pratt and Peter Csizmadia and Yasushi Nara and Denes Molnar and Miklos Gyulassy and Stephen Vance and Bin Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0107001},
year = {2009}
}