Viscous Hydrodynamics and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

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2012-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/1202.1509v1

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

23 pages, 7 figures

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The matter created in relativistic heavy ion collisions is fairly well described by ideal hydrodynamics, and somewhat better described by viscous hydrodynamics. To this point, most viscous calculations have been two-dimensional, based on an assumption of Bjorken boost invariance along the beam axis. Here, first results are presented for a fully three-dimensional viscous model. The model is described and tests of the numerical accuracy of the code are presented. Two- and three-dimensional runs are compared, and modest changes are observed for mid-rapidity observables at the highest RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) energies.

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