{
  "id": "0806.0026",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2008-06-02T19:08:19.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-06-02T19:08:19.000Z",
  "title": "The \"minimal\" viscosity and elliptic flow at RHIC",
  "authors": [
    "Denes Molnar"
  ],
  "comment": "3 eps figures",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show from covariant transport theory that, for a massless ideal gas equation of state, even a small shear viscosity to entropy density ratio $\\eta \\approx s/(4 \\pi)$ generates significant 15-30% dissipative corrections to elliptic flow for conditions expected in mid-peripheral (b = 8 fm) Au+Au collisions at $\\sqrt{s_{NN}} \\sim 200$ GeV at RHIC.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2008-06-02T19:08:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "25.75.-q",
      "25.75.Ld",
      "12.38.Mh"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "elliptic flow",
      "covariant transport theory",
      "entropy density ratio",
      "small shear viscosity",
      "massless ideal gas equation"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 787014,
      "adsabs": "2008arXiv0806.0026M"
    }
  }
}