Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2010-01-15
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
5 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
We have derived and solved numerically the Boltzmann-Vlasov transport equations that includes both two-body collisions and the chiral phase transition by mean of NJL-field dynamics. The scope is to understand if the field dynamics supply new genuine effects on the build-up of the elliptic flow $v_2$, a measure of the asymmetry in the momentum space, and in particular if it can affect the relation between $v_2$ and the shear viscosity to entropy ratio $\eta/s$. Solving the transport equation with a constant cross section for the condition of $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ AGeV it is shown a sizable suppression of $v_2$ due to the attractive nature of the field dynamics that generates the constituent mass. However the key result is that if $\eta/s$ of the system is kept fixed by an appropriate local renormalization of the cross section the $v_2$ does not depend on the details of the collisional and/or field dynamics and in particular it is not affected significantly by the chiral phase transition.
Baran Václav
Ferini Graziella
Greco Vincenzo
Plumari Salvatore
Toro Massimo Di
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