Isotropization and Hydrodynamization in Weakly Coupled Heavy-Ion Collisions.

نویسندگان

  • Aleksi Kurkela
  • Yan Zhu
چکیده

We numerically solve the (2+1)-dimensional effective kinetic theory of weak coupling QCD under longitudinal expansion, relevant for early stages of heavy-ion collisions. We find agreement with viscous hydrodynamics and classical Yang-Mills simulations in the regimes where they are applicable. By choosing initial conditions that are motivated by a color-glass-condensate framework, we find that for Q_{s}=2 GeV and α_{s}=0.3 the system is approximately described by viscous hydrodynamics well before τ≲1.0 fm/c.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 115 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015