Simulation of the relativistic motion of a fluid with the SPH method in 1+1 dimensions

• Grant number: 19/24673-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Frédérique Marie Brigitte Sylvie Grassi
• Grantee: Kevin Possendoro Pala
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/24720-6 - Exploring the QCD phase diagram, AP.TEM

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 at CERN in Switzerland and RHIC at BNL in the United States. The plan fosters the acquisition of computational tools (solving hydrodynamic equations numerically) and deepening of physics knowledge (fluid mechanics, relativity, particle physics, statistical physics). (AU)