Relativistic Fluid Dynamics In and Out of Equilibrium And Applications to Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Outline, Notation, Preliminaries
- 2 Modern Theory of Fluid Dynamics
- 3 Microscopic Theory Background
- 4 Simulating Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
- 5 Comparison to Experimental Data
- 6 Conclusions
- Appendix A Relativistic Velocities
- Appendix B Riemann, Ricci, Christoffels, and All That
- Appendix C Coordinate Systems Used
- References
- Index
3 - Microscopic Theory Background
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Outline, Notation, Preliminaries
- 2 Modern Theory of Fluid Dynamics
- 3 Microscopic Theory Background
- 4 Simulating Relativistic Nuclear Collisions
- 5 Comparison to Experimental Data
- 6 Conclusions
- Appendix A Relativistic Velocities
- Appendix B Riemann, Ricci, Christoffels, and All That
- Appendix C Coordinate Systems Used
- References
- Index
Summary
The third chapter explores the connections of fluid dynamics with various microscopic approaches and techniques, discussing kinetic theory, gauge/gravity duality, thermal quantum field theory, and lattice field theory.
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- Relativistic Fluid Dynamics In and Out of EquilibriumAnd Applications to Relativistic Nuclear Collisions, pp. 59 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019