Measuring Shear Viscosity Using Correlations



Document title: Measuring Shear Viscosity Using Correlations
Journal: Brazilian journal of physics
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000403248
ISSN: 0103-9733
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Wayne State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Detroit, Michigan. Estados Unidos de América
2Goethe University, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt, Hessen. Alemania
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 37
Number: 3A
Pages: 1023-1030
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract Measurements of transverse momentum fluctuations can be used to determine the shear viscosity [1]. We use current data to estimate the viscosity-to-entropy ratio in the range from 0.08 to 0.3, and discuss how future measurements can reduce this uncertainty
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Dinámica de fluidos,
Física nuclear,
Viscosidad,
Colisiones,
Iones pesados,
Hidrodinámica
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Fluid dynamics,
Nuclear physics,
Viscosity,
Collisions,
Heavy ions,
Hydrodynamics
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