Simulation of the relativistic motion of a viscous fluid with the SPH method

• Grant number: 18/26281-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2019
• End date: July 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Frédérique Marie Brigitte Sylvie Grassi
• Grantee: Vinícius Silva Franção
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project aims at preparing the student to work on the Quark Gluon Plasma, a new form of matter created in heavy ions collisions at the large accelerators LHC atCERN in Switzerland and RHIC at BNL in the United States. The plan stimulates the learning of computational tools (solving hydrodynamic equations numerically) and deepening of physics knowledge (fluid mechanics, relativity, particle physics, statistical physics).