Work distribution of an expanding gas and transverse energy production in relativistic heavy ion collisions

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.03.007MaRDI QIDQ527487zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jay P. Mayfield, Bin Zhang

Publication date 12 May 2017

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.3748

zbMATH Keywords

relativistic heavy ion collisionstransverse energywork distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

Abstract: The work distribution of an expanding extreme relativistic gas is shown to be a gamma distribution with a different shape parameter as compared with its non-relativistic counterpart. This implies that the shape of the transverse energy distribution in relativistic heavy ion collisions depends on the particle contents during the evolution of the hot and dense matter. Therefore, transverse energy fluctuations provide additional insights into the Quark-Gluon Plasma produced in these collisions.

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