Relativistic Fluid Dynamics in and Out of Equilibrium - And Applications to Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

Presents a powerful new framework for out-of-equilibrium hydrodynamics, with connections to kinetic theory, AdS/CFT and applications to high-energy particle collisions.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Outline, notation, preliminaries; 2. Modern theory of fluid dynamics; 3. Microscopic theory background; 4. Simulating relativistic nuclear collisions; 5. Comparison to experimental data; 6. Summary and conclusions; Appendices; References; Index.

About the author

Paul Romatschke is Associate Professor in Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, working on problems in fluid dynamics, heavy-ion physics, neutron stars, black holes and cold quantum gases. He won a DOE Early Career Award and is a fellow at the Center for Theory of Quantum Matter in Boulder.Ulrike Romatschke is a meteorologist by training and an Associate Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research where she works on radar data. Her expertise in fluids and scientific programming has enabled her to collaborate with Paul Romatschke on simulations of relativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Summary

Presents a powerful new framework for fluid dynamics away from equilibrium, providing an essential resource to researchers in nuclear physics, cosmology, astrophysics and quantum many-body systems. Contains a comprehensive theory overview, numerical algorithms as well as applications to neutron stars, the early universe and high energy collisions.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Romatschke, Paul (University of Colorado Boulder) Romatschke, Ulrike Romatschke, Ulrike (University of Colorado Boulder) Romatschke, ROMATSCHKE PAUL
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108483681
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48368-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Cambridge Monographs on Mathem
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Nuclear physics, Atomic & molecular physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics