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Simulations of stochastic fluid dynamics near a critical point in the phase diagram
Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Josh Ott, Thomas Schaefer +1
We present simulations of stochastic fluid dynamics in the vicinity of a critical endpoint belonging to the universality class of the Ising model. This study is motivated by the ch…
Far-off-equilibrium early-stage dynamics in high-energy nuclear collisions
Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Ulrich Heinz, Thomas Schaefer
We explore the far-off-equilibrium aspects of the (1+1)-dimensional early-stage evolution of a weakly-coupled quark-gluon plasma using kinetic theory and hydrodynamics. For a large…
Dynamic scaling of order parameter fluctuations in model B
Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Josh Ott, Thomas Schaefer +1
We describe numerical simulations of the stochastic diffusion equation with a conserved charge. We focus on the dynamics in the vicinity of a critical point in the Ising universali…
Dynamics of non-Gaussian fluctuations in model A
Thomas Schaefer, Vladimir Skokov
Motivated by the experimental search for the QCD critical point we perform simulations of a stochastic field theory with purely relaxational dynamics (model A). We verify the expec…
Toward the description of fluid dynamical fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions
Marlene Nahrgang, Marcus Bluhm, Thomas Schäfer +1
In this talk we present results obtained when fluid dynamical fluctuations are included in relativistic dimensional viscous fluid dynamics. We discuss effects of the interact…
Behavior of universal critical parameters in the QCD phase diagram
Marcus Bluhm, Marlene Nahrgang, Steffen A. Bass +1
We determine the dependence of important parameters for critical fluctuations on temperature and baryon chemical potential in the QCD phase diagram. The analysis is based on an ide…
Impact of resonance decays on critical point signals in net-proton fluctuations
Marcus Bluhm, Marlene Nahrgang, Steffen A. Bass +1
The non-monotonic beam energy dependence of the higher cumulants of net-proton fluctuations is a widely studied signature of the conjectured presence of a critical point in the QCD…
Quantum Chromodynamics: Computational Aspects
Thomas Schaefer
We present a brief introduction to QCD, the QCD phase diagram, and non-equilibrium phenomena in QCD. We emphasize aspects of the theory that can be addressed using computational me…
Properties of hot and dense matter from relativistic heavy ion collisions
Peter Braun-Munzinger, Volker Koch, Thomas Schaefer +1
We review the progress achieved in extracting the properties of hot and dense matter from relativistic heavy ion collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) at Brookha…
Fermi liquid theory: A brief survey in memory of Gerald E. Brown
Thomas Schaefer
I present a brief review of Fermi liquid theory, and discuss recent work on Fermi liquid theory in dilute neutron matter and cold atomic gases. I argue that renewed interest in tra…
Bulk viscosity, chemical equilibration and flow at RHIC
Thomas Schaefer, Kevin Dusling
We study the effects of bulk viscosity on p_T spectra and elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions at RHIC. We argue that direct effect of the bulk viscosity on the evolution of the v…
Nearly Perfect Fluidity in the Dilute Fermi Gas: An Update
Thomas Schaefer
In this contribution we summarize recent results on the transport properties of strongly correlated dilute Fermi gases. We discuss the hydrodynamic equations in the normal phase an…
Elliptic flow and nearly perfect fluidity in dilute Fermi gases
Thomas Schaefer
In this contribution we summarize recent progress in understanding the shear viscosity of strongly correlated dilute Fermi gases. We discuss predictions from kinetic theory, and sh…
From Equilibrium to Transport Properties of Strongly Correlated Fermi Liquids
Thomas Schaefer
We summarize recent results regarding the equilibrium and non-equilibrium behavior of cold dilute atomic gases in the limit in which the two body scattering length a goes to infini…
The CFL phase and m_s: An effective field theory approach
Thomas Schaefer
We study the phase diagram of dense quark matter with an emphasis on the role of the strange quark mass. Our approach is based on two effective field theories (EFTs). The first is…
Effective Theory of the Color-Flavor-Locked Phase
Thomas Schaefer
We explain how an effective theory of the CFL phase can be used to study the effect of the strange quark mass on the ground state and the excitation spectrum. We also apply the eff…
Strange Goings on in Quark Matter
Thomas Schaefer
We review recent work on how the superfluid state of three flavor quark matter is affected by non-zero quark masses and chemical potentials.
Kaon Condensation in High Density Quark Matter
Thomas Schaefer
We point out that the problem of kaon condensation in dense hadronic matter can be addressed in perturbative QCD. Indeed, perturbative calculations suggest that negative kaons are…
Color Superconductivity
Thomas Schaefer
We discuss recent results on color superconductivity in QCD at large chemical potential.
Color superconductivity: Continuity of quark and hadron matter, the role of the strange quark mass, and perturbative results
Thomas Schaefer
We summarize some recent results on the structure of QCD at very high baryon density.
The Chiral Phase Transition
Thomas Schaefer
I review the current understanding of the chiral phase transition in QCD, with particular emphasis on recent results obtained in the instanton liquid model.