Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2006 APS April Meeting
Saturday–Tuesday, April 22–25, 2006; Dallas, TX
Session X2: Physical Properties of Partonic Matter |
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Sponsoring Units: DNP Chair: Vickie Green, Vanderbilt University Room: Hyatt Regency Dallas Landmark B |
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:30PM - 2:06PM |
X2.00001: Viscosity in Heavy Ion Collisions Invited Speaker: I first review the successes and failures of describing the dynamics of a heavy ion collision with ideal hydrodynamics. Then, I estimate how a finite (but small!) viscosity modifies the results of these simulations and constrains their region of applicability. In particular, I will discuss the elliptic flow and the spectra of light hadron species. I will also discuss the flow and suppression of heavy quarks which provide a good probe of the transport properties of the medium. Throughout, I will make connections with calculations based on kinetic theory. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:06PM - 2:42PM |
X2.00002: Beacons of light--photon emission from hadronic collisions Invited Speaker: Direct photons do not interact strongly with the medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, which makes them an exceptional observable: at intermediate pT they provide information on the early stage of heavy-ion collisions; at high pT they constitute a crucial reference for the medium modification of high-pT hadron production which has been observed. The PHENIX experiment at RHIC has found a significant excess of direct photons above the background from decay photons in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV at both high and intermediate pT. Furthermore, direct photon production in p+p and d+Au collisions has been measured, allowing a fundamental test of QCD as well as constraining the effects of cold nuclear matter. A systematic study of direct photon production will be presented and put into the context of theoretical models and earlier measurements. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:42PM - 3:18PM |
X2.00003: Jet quenching and the opacity of matter Invited Speaker: I will discuss recent progress in measurements of jet quenching and what can be learned from them about dense QCD matter. [Preview Abstract] |
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