{
  "id": "1305.7052",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-05-30T10:13:59.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-07-29T08:31:42.000Z",
  "title": "Relativistic viscous hydrodynamics for heavy-ion collisions with ECHO-QGP",
  "authors": [
    "L. Del Zanna",
    "V. Chandra",
    "G. Inghirami",
    "V. Rolando",
    "A. Beraudo",
    "A. De Pace",
    "G. Pagliara",
    "A. Drago",
    "F. Becattini"
  ],
  "comment": "25 pages, two column, Final version: accepted for publication in European Physical Journal C",
  "journal": "Eur. Phys. J. C (2013) 73: 2524",
  "doi": "10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2524-5",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th",
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "hep-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present ECHO-QGP, a numerical code for $(3+1)$-dimensional relativistic viscous hydrodynamics designed for the modeling of the space-time evolution of the matter created in high energy nuclear collisions. The code has been built on top of the \\emph{Eulerian Conservative High-Order} astrophysical code for general relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics [\\emph{Del Zanna et al., Astron. Astrophys. 473, 11, 2007}] and here it has been upgraded to handle the physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma. ECHO-QGP features second-order treatment of causal relativistic viscosity effects in both Minkowskian or Bjorken coordinates; partial or complete chemical equilibrium of hadronic species before kinetic freeze-out; initial conditions based on the optical Glauber model, including a Monte-Carlo routine for event-by-event fluctuating initial conditions; a freeze-out procedure based on the Cooper-Frye prescription. The code is extensively validated against several test problems and results always appear accurate, as guaranteed by the combination of the conservative (shock-capturing) approach and the high-order methods employed. ECHO-QGP can be extended to include evolution of the electromagnetic fields coupled to the plasma.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2013-07-29T08:31:42.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "heavy-ion collisions",
      "relativistic viscous hydrodynamics",
      "causal relativistic viscosity effects",
      "echo-qgp features second-order treatment",
      "high energy nuclear collisions"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "European Physical Journal C",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 73,
      "pages": 2524
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 25,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1236252,
      "adsabs": "2013EPJC...73.2524D"
    }
  }
}