QCD EoS, initial conditions and final state from relativistic hydrodynamics in heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

Some recent developments in exact results in relativistic hydrodynamics is reviewed. We discuss phenomenological applications in high-energy collisions and theoretical features of the solutions. We compare the method of numerical modelling to the strategy based on exact solutions. We argue that the efforts made and progress achieved in this seemingly purely theoretical topic is of interest for phenomenology.

Comments: Presented at the 38th International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD 2008), DESY, Hamburg, 15-20 September 2008