arXiv:0908.0299·v1·Nuclear Theory
The fate of the Mach cone in covariant transport theory
Denes Molnar (Purdue University and RIKEN BNL Research Center)🇺🇸
Abstract
An intriguing potential signature of hydrodynamic behavior in relativistic A+A reactions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) energies is conical flow induced by fast supersonic particles traversing the hot and dense medium. Here I present first results on the evolution of Mach shocks in 2->2 covariant transport theory, in a static uniform medium.
Comments: Presentation at CIPANP 2009 (Tenth Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics), May 26-31, 2009, Torrey Pines, California, USA