Relativistic Hydrodynamic Scaling from the Dynamics of Quantum Field Theory
- 26 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 89 (11) , 112301
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.89.112301
Abstract
Relativistic hydrodynamic scaling or boost invariance is a particularly important hydrodynamic regime, describing collective flows of relativistic many body systems and is used in the interpretation of experiments from high-energy cosmic rays to relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We show evidence for the emergence of hydrodynamic scaling from the dynamics of relativistic quantum field theory. We consider a scalar lambdaphi(4) model in 1+1 dimensions in the Hartree approximation and study the relativistic collisions of two kinks and the decay of a localized high-energy density region. We find that thermodynamic scalar isosurfaces show approximate boost invariance at high-energy densities.Keywords
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