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Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma

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Asakawa, M; Bass, SA; Müller, B
Published in: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
August 1, 2007

We argue that an expanding quark-gluon plasma has an anomalous viscosity, which arises from interactions with dynamically generated colour fields. The anomalous viscosity dominates over the collisional viscosity for large velocity gradients or weak coupling. This effect may provide an explanation for the apparent near-perfect liquidity of the matter produced in nuclear collisions at RHIC without the assumption that it is a strongly coupled state. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

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EISSN

1361-6471

ISSN

0954-3899

Publication Date

August 1, 2007

Volume

34

Issue

8

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Asakawa, M., Bass, S. A., & Müller, B. (2007). Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 34(8). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S108
Asakawa, M., S. A. Bass, and B. Müller. “Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma.” Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 34, no. 8 (August 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S108.
Asakawa M, Bass SA, Müller B. Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 2007 Aug 1;34(8).
Asakawa, M., et al. “Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma.” Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, vol. 34, no. 8, Aug. 2007. Scopus, doi:10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S108.
Asakawa M, Bass SA, Müller B. Anomalous viscosity of an expanding quark-gluon plasma. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 2007 Aug 1;34(8).
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

DOI

EISSN

1361-6471

ISSN

0954-3899

Publication Date

August 1, 2007

Volume

34

Issue

8

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics