Abstract

Thermal noise is present in any viscous fluid, making the simulation of relativistic noise in heavy ion collisions a necessity. It is likely possible to use it to make an independent measurement of viscosity in heavy ion collisions. The size, energy densities, and time scales of the collisions determine the relative importance of thermal noise. This causes a non-trivial contribution to two-particle correlations as well as event-by-event fluctuations in observables.

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Title
Numerical Simulation of Thermal Noise in Heavy Ion Collisions
Author
Young, C 1 ; Kapusta, J I 2 ; Gale, C 3 ; Jeon, S 3 ; Schenke, B 4 

 School of Physics & Astronomy, 116 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 
 School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA 
 Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 rue University Montreal QC H3A 2T8, Canada 
 Physics Department, Bldg. 510A, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA 
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Sep 2014
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2576717473
Copyright
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