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  • 4 - Simulating Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

  • Paul Romatschke, University of Colorado Boulder, Ulrike Romatschke, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
  • Book:
    Relativistic Fluid Dynamics In and Out of Equilibrium
    Published online:
    29 April 2019
    Print publication:
    09 May 2019, pp 96-143

  • Summary

    This chapter reviews the basic ingredients of simulating relativistic nuclear collisions, of which fluid dynamics is one component. Nuclear geometry models with and without subnucleonic degrees of freedom are discussed, energy deposition at weak and strong coupling is reviewed and found to lead to similar results as the simple Glauber model with number of collision scaling. Initial state eccentricities are calculated, numerical algorithms to solve relativistic dissipative fluid dynamics are discussed and the freeze-out from fluid to particle degrees of freedom (hadronization) is described. The chapter closes with a discussion on how to calculate relevant observables in relativistic nuclear collision experiments.