RHIC 上的观测是否预示了 QCD 临界点?
核实验
2008-11-26 v5
摘要
估计了 RHIC(√s_{NN}=200 GeV)的 Au+Au 碰撞中产生的热稠密 QCD 物质的剪切黏度与熵之比(η/s)。发现其值非常低,η/s ∼ 0.1,接近猜想的下界(1/4π)。我们认为如此低的值表明衰减物质的热力学轨迹接近于 QCD 临界端点。
引用
@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0609025,
title = {Has the QCD Critical Point been Signaled by Observations at RHIC ?},
author = {Roy A. Lacey and N. N. Ajitanand and J. M. Alexander and P. Chung and W. G. Holzmann and M. Issah and A. Taranenko and P. Danielewicz and Horst Stocker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0609025},
year = {2008}
}
备注
4 pages, 3 figures. Revised version, accepted for publication in PRL