Dynamical modeling of high energy heavy ion collisions

Abstract

We present theoretical approaches to high energy nuclear collisions in detail putting a special emphasis on technical aspects of numerical simulations. Models include relativistic hydrodynamics, Monte-Carlo implementation of k_T-factorization formula, jet quenching in expanding fluids, a hadronic transport model and the Vlasov equation for colored particles.

Comments: 36 pages, 2 figures; Submitted to Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics