Density inhomogeneities in heavy ion collisions around the critical point

Abstract

We study the hydrodynamical expansion of a hot and baryon-dense quark fluid coupled to classical real-time evolution of the long wavelength modes of the chiral field. Significant density inhomogeneities develop dynamically when the transition to the symmetry-broken state occurs. We find that the amplitude of the density inhomogeneities is larger for expansion trajectories crossing the line of first-order transitions than for crossovers, which could provide some information on the location of a critical point. A few possible experimental signatures for inhomogeneous decoupling surfaces are mentioned briefly.

6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in PLB

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