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Title: Shear viscosity at finite baryon densities
We use the excluded volume Hadron Resonance Gas (HRG) model with the most up-to-date hadron list to calculate η T/w at low temperatures and at finite baryon densities ρ B . This η T/w is then matched to a QCD-based shear viscosity calculation of the QGP for different profiles of η T/w across T,μ B including cross-over and critical point transitions. When compared to ideal hydrodynamic trajectories across T,μ B , we find that the η T/w (T,μ B ) profiles would require initial conditions at much larger baryon density to reach the same freeze-out point.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1654219
PAR ID:
10336524
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ; ; ; ;
Editor(s):
David, G.; Garg, P.; Kalweit, A.; Mukherjee, S.; Ullrich, T.; Xu, Z.; Yoo, I.-K.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume:
259
ISSN:
2100-014X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
13006
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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