3 papers
hep-ph2025
Updated Astrophysical Equation-of-State Constraints on the Color-Superconducting Gap
Aleksi Kurkela, Krishna Rajagopal, Rachel Steinhorst
We summarize and update using new NICER measurements the results of arXiv:2401.16253, in which we used various astrophysical neutron-star observations to set an upper bound on the…
hep-ph2025
Attractors Without Scaling: Adiabatic Hydrodynamization With and Without Inelastic Scattering
Krishna Rajagopal, Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld, Rachel Steinhorst
We study the process of hydrodynamization in kinetic theories of gluons undergoing boost-invariant expansion using the Adiabatic Hydrodynamization (AH) framework. We study both num…
hep-ph2025
Connecting Pre-Thermal and Hydrodynamizing Attractors With Adiabatic Hydrodynamization
Krishna Rajagopal, Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld, Rachel Steinhorst
The far-from equilibrium dynamics of the pre-hydrodynamic quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formed in heavy ion collisions can be characterized by distinct stages, during each of which the…