Abstract
In this first paper of a series of two, we present a comprehensive study of the hydrodynamic evolution of matter produced in the central region of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions and in high-multiplicity fluctuations of pp collisions. We shall begin with a discussion of the limits of the applicability of a perfect-fluid hydrodynamic description of high-energy collisions. A simple bag-model equation of state is argued to have qualitative and semiquantitative features expected from lattice gauge theory and present theoretical understanding. We also discuss the boundary conditions for the perfect-fluid hydrodynamic equations, and what classes of simple events would correspond to simple initial conditions. The decoupling of matter at low energy density and methods for computing transverse-momentum distributions of hadrons are analyzed. We finally present the details of the computer code which we use to numerically solve the hydrodynamic equations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 794-810 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1986 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)