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Sumit Basu (Lund University)

Sumit Basu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sumit Basu (Lund University)

Extraction of the specific shear viscosity of quark-gluon plasma from two-particle transverse momentum correlations

Author

  • Victor Gonzalez
  • Sumit Basu
  • Ana Marin
  • Jinjin Pan
  • Pedro Ladron de Guevara
  • Claude A. Pruneau

Summary, in English

The specific shear viscosity, η/ s, of the quark-gluon plasma formed in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC is estimated based on the progressive longitudinal broadening of transverse momentum two-particle correlators, G2, reported as a function of collision centrality by the STAR and ALICE experiments. Estimates are computed as a function of collision centrality using the Gavin ansatz which relates the G2 longitudinal broadening to the specific shear viscosity. Freeze out times required for the use of the ansatz are computed using a linear fit of freeze out times reported as a function of the cubic root of the charged particle pseudorapidity density (d Nch/dη) 1 / 3. Estimates of η/ s based on ALICE data exhibit little to no dependence on collision centrality at LHC energy, while estimates obtained from STAR data hint that η/ s might be a function of collision centrality at top RHIC energy.

Department/s

  • Particle and nuclear physics

Publishing year

2021-05

Language

English

Publication/Series

European Physical Journal C

Volume

81

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1434-6044