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Cheshkov, C; Guernane, R; Maire, A (Ed.)We present a Bayesian analysis, based on holography and constrained by lattice QCD simulations, which leads to a prediction for the existence and location of the QCD critical point. We employ two different parametrizations of the functions that characterize the breaking of conformal invariance and the baryonic charge in the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton holographic model. They lead to predictions for the critical point that overlap at one sigma. While some samples of the prior distribution do not predict a critical point, or produce critical points that cover large regions of the phase diagram, all posterior samples present a critical point at chemical potentials µBc~550-630 MeV.more » « less
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Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)We present a new general formalism for introducing thermal fluctuations in relativistic hydrodynamics, which incorporates recent developments on the causality and stability of relativistic hydrodynamic theories. Our approach is based on the information current, which measures the net amount of information carried by perturbations around equilibrium in a relativistic many-body system. The resulting noise correlators are guaranteed to be observer-independent for thermodynamically stable models. We obtain an effective action within our formalism and discuss its properties.more » « less
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Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)We compute first and second-order bulk-viscous transport properties due to weak-interaction processes innpematter in the neutrino transparent regime. The transport coefficients characterize the out-of-beta-equilibrium pressure corrections, which depend on the weak-interaction rates and the equation of state. We calculate these coefficients for realistic equations of state and show they are sensitive to changes in the nuclear symmetry energyJand its slopeL.more » « less
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Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)Recently, a method was developed for implementing arbitrary shortrange nucleon-nucleon correlations in Monte Carlo sampled nuclei (as well as deformations of the 1-body nuclear density). We use this method to implement realistic 2-body correlations in a sample of nuclei for use in simulations of relativistic heavy-ion collisions and we quantify the statistical benefits. These results demonstrate that the method can be used to easily implement an arbitrary correlation function, and systematically study the effects of correlations using significantly less resources than is necessary with traditional methods.more » « less
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Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)We employ an Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model, based on the gauge/gravity correspondence, to obtain the thermodynamics and transport properties for the hot and dense quark-gluon plasma. The model, which is constrained to reproduce lattice QCD thermodynamics at zero density, predicts a critical point and a first order line at finite temperature and density, is used to quantify jet energy loss through simulations of high-energy collision events.more » « less
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Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)We present results for a Bayesian analysis of the location of the QCD critical point constrained by first-principles lattice QCD results at zero baryon density. We employ a holographic Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model of the QCD equation of state, capable of reproducing the latest lattice QCD results at zero and finite baryon chemical potential. Our analysis is carried out for two different parametrizations of this model, resulting in confidence intervals for the critical point location that overlap at one sigma. While samples of the prior distribution may not even predict a critical point, or produce critical points spread around a large region of the phase diagram, posterior samples nearly always present a critical point at chemical potentials of μBc∼ 550 − 630 MeV.more » « less
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