Non-equilibrium phase transition in relativistic nuclear collisions: Importance of the equation of state

Abstract

Within the context of relativistic nuclear collisions aimed at exploring hot and baryon-dense matter, we investigate how the general features of the expansion dynamics, as well as a number of specific observables, depend on the equation of state used in dynamical simulations of the non-equilibrium confinement phase transition.

Comments: 13 pages, 10 figures, version accepted by PRC