Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2008-12-12
Phys.Rev.Lett.102:172302,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
4 pages, 4 figures: Modified figures and revised discussion of entropy calculation
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.172302
Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) are thought to have produced a state of matter called the Quark-Gluon-Plasma, characterized by a very small shear viscosity to entropy density ratio $\eta/s$, near the lower bound predicted for that quantity by Anti-deSitter space/Conformal Field Theory (AdS/CFT) methods. As the produced matter expands and cools, it evolves through a phase described by a hadron gas with rapidly increasing $\eta/s$. We calculate $\eta/s$ as a function of temperature in this phase and find that its value poses a challenge for viscous relativistic hydrodynamics, which requires small values of $\eta/s$ throughout the entire evolution of the reaction in order to successfully describe the collective flow observables at RHIC. We show that the inclusion of non-unit fugacities will reduce $\eta/s$ in the hadronic phase, yet not sufficiently to be compatible with viscous hydrodynamics. We therefore conclude that the origin of the low viscosity matter at RHIC must be in the partonic phase of the reaction.
Bass Steffen A.
Demir Nasser
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