Relativisitic heavy-ion collision dynamics: macroscopic approaches derived from microscopic physics

• Grant number: 15/50266-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: April 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Agreement: Ohio State University
• Principal Investigator: Jorge José Leite Noronha Junior
• Grantee: Jorge José Leite Noronha Junior
• Principal researcher abroad: Ulrich Heinz
• Institution abroad: Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposed work builds on this success by aiming to (i) generalize the method for solving the Boltzmann exactly for flow patterns of different symmetry that can be applied at lower heavy-ion collision energies orto supernova explosions, (ii) generalize the previously found exact solution from a relaxation time collision term to a fully non-linear Boltzmann collision term, (iii) include external fields into the solution of the Boltzmann equation and explore their effects on the thermalization process, and (iv) develop a numerical implementation for heavy-ion collisions of viscous anisotropic hydrodynamics which is based on the most accurate hydrodynamic approximation scheme revealed in our tests against the exact solution found in our previous project. Expected results from this project include a fully functional 3-dimensional viscous anisotropic hydrodynamic code for phenomenological analysis of data collected in relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments, an improved understanding of the approach to local equilibrium in the early stage of the collision and its representation using hydrodynamics, and fundamental insights into the applicability of hydrodynamics in a broad range of physical environments involving rapidly evolving plasmas. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DENICOL, GABRIEL S.; HUANG, XU-GUANG; MOLNAR, ETELE; MONTEIRO, GUSTAVO M.; NIEMI, HARRI; NORONHA, JORGE; RISCHKE, DIRK H.; WANG, QUN. Nonresistive dissipative magnetohydrodynamics from the Boltzmann equation in the 14-moment approximation. Physical Review D, v. 98, n. 7, OCT 17 2018. (15/50266-2, 16/13517-0, 17/05685-2)

ALBA, P.; SARTI, V. MANTOVANI; NORONHA, J.; NORONHA-HOSTLER, J.; PAROTTO, P.; VAZQUEZ, I. PORTILLO; RATTI, C.. Effect of the QCD equation of state and strange hadronic resonances on multiparticle correlations in heavy ion collisions. Physical Review C, v. 98, n. 3, SEP 14 2018. (15/50266-2)

NORONHA, JORGE. Collective effects in nuclear collisions: theory overview. Nuclear Physics A, v. 982, p. 78-84, FEB 2019. (15/50266-2, 17/05685-2)

DENICOL, GABRIEL S.; NORONHA, JORGE. Analytical attractor and the divergence of the slow-roll expansion in relativistic hydrodynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 97, n. 5, p. 10-pg., 2018-03-26. (15/50266-2)

ALBA, P.; SARTI, V. MANTOVANI; NORONHA, J.; NORONHA-HOSTLER, J.; PAROTTO, P.; VAZQUEZ, I. PORTILLO; RATTI, C.. Effect of the QCD equation of state and strange hadronic resonances on multiparticle correlations in heavy ion collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, v. 98, n. 3, p. 19-pg., 2018-09-14. (15/50266-2)

DENICOL, GABRIEL S.; NORONHA, JORGE. Analytical attractor and the divergence of the slow-roll expansion in relativistic hydrodynamics. Physical Review D, v. 97, n. 5, MAR 26 2018. (15/50266-2)

CRITELLI, RENATO; ROUGEMONT, ROMULO; NORONHA, JORGE. Holographic Bjorken flow of a hot and dense fluid in the vicinity of a critical point. Physical Review D, v. 99, n. 6, MAR 13 2019. (16/09263-2, 17/05685-2, 15/50266-2)

ROUGEMONT, ROMULO; CRITELLI, RENATO; NORONHA, JORGE. Nonhydrodynamic quasinormal modes and equilibration of a baryon dense holographic QGP with a critical point. Physical Review D, v. 98, n. 3, AUG 30 2018. (16/09263-2, 15/50266-2, 17/05685-2)

CRITELLI, RENATO; ROUGEMONT, ROMULO; NORONHA, JORGE. Holographic Bjorken flow of a hot and dense fluid in the vicinity of a critical point. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 99, n. 6, p. 10-pg., 2019-03-13. (15/50266-2, 16/09263-2, 17/05685-2)

ROUGEMONT, ROMULO; CRITELLI, RENATO; NORONHA, JORGE. Nonhydrodynamic quasinormal modes and equilibration of a baryon dense holographic QGP with a critical point. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98, n. 3, p. 14-pg., 2018-08-30. (15/50266-2, 16/09263-2, 17/05685-2)

DENICOL, GABRIEL S.; HUANG, XU-GUANG; MOLNAR, ETELE; MONTEIRO, GUSTAVO M.; NIEMI, HARRI; NORONHA, JORGE; RISCHKE, DIRK H.; WANG, QUN. Nonresistive dissipative magnetohydrodynamics from the Boltzmann equation in the 14-moment approximation. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98, n. 7, p. 15-pg., 2018-10-17. (15/50266-2, 16/13517-0, 17/05685-2)