Flow characteristics and strangeness production in the framework of highly-anisotropic and strongly-dissipative hydrodynamics

Abstract

The recently formulated model of highly-anisotropic and strongly dissipative hydrodynamics is used in 3+1 dimensions to describe flow characteristics and strangeness production in Au+Au collisions at the highest RHIC beam energy. Our results show very weak dependence on the initial momentum anisotropy, provided the anisotropic phase lasts no longer than 1 fm/c.

Comments: Presented at Strangeness in Quark Matter 2011, Sept. 18--24, Cracow, Poland