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Building a testable shear viscosity across the QCD phase diagram

Authors :
McLaughlin, Emma
Rose, Jacob
Dore, Travis
Parotto, Paolo
Ratti, Claudia
Noronha-Hostler, Jacquelyn
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Current experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are probing finite baryon densities where the shear viscosity to enthalpy ratio $\eta T/w$ of the Quark Gluon Plasma remains unknown. We use the Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) model with the most up-to-date hadron list to calculate $\eta T/w$ at low temperatures and at finite baryon densities $\rho_B$. We then match $\eta T/w$ to a QCD-based shear viscosity calculation within the deconfined phase to create a table across $\left\{T,\mu_B\right\}$ for different cross-over and critical point scenarios at a specified location. We find that these new $\eta T/w(T,\mu_B)$ values would require initial conditions at significantly larger $\rho_B$, compared to ideal hydrodynamic trajectories, in order to reach the same freeze-out point.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2103.02090
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.024903