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Scaling in heavy-ion collisions and the low-energy frontier

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Author(s):
Torrieri, Giorgio
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A; v. 52, n. 8 AUG 23 2016.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

The common interpretation of elliptic flow v(2) in heavy-ion collisions is that it is produced by hydrodynamic flow at low transverse momentum and by parton energy loss at high transverse momentum. Here, we discuss this interpretation in view of the dependence of v(2) on energy, rapidity and system size, and show that it is far from clear how the relevant properties necessary for this interpretation, low viscosity and high opacity, turn on. A low-energy collider such as NICA is essential for this interpretation to be verified, understood and related to the fundamental properties of hadronic matter. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/13120-7 - Scaling of azimuthal correlations in hadronic collisions across system sizes, energies and rapidities: theory and phenomenology
Grantee:Donato Giorgio Torrieri
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants