Speaker
Prof.
Joseph Kapusta
(University of Minnesota)
Description
Hydrodynamic fluctuations have been applied to a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena in the past decade. In the context of high energy heavy ion collisions, there will be intrinsic fluctuations due to the finite size and finite particle content even if the initial conditions are fixed. We develop the theory of relativistic fluctuations, and apply it to a 1+1 dimensional boost invariant model. In analogy to the cosmic microwave background radiation, fluctuations might provide information on the equation of state, including a possible critical point, and on the transport coefficients.
Author
Prof.
Joseph Kapusta
(University of Minnesota)
Co-author
Prof.
Misha Stephanov
(University of Illinois at Chicago)