https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531606005
Spinodal decomposition in Bjorken flow
1 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
3 Applied Research Associates, 8537 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA
* e-mail: kapusta@umn.edu
** e-mail: mayank.singh@vanderbilt.edu
*** e-mail: twelle2357@gmail.com
Published online: 27 January 2025
The QCD first-order phase transition at large baryon densities is expected to proceed by spinodal decomposition. This spinodal phase is likely to leave its signatures on the experimental observables measured in heavy-ion collision experiments. Identifying these signatures requires phenomenological models integrating surface effects resulting from the phase transition into the hydrodynamical description of the expanding quark gluon plasma. We write the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics with spinodal decomposition and solve it in on a background of Bjorken flow relevant for heavy-ion collisions.
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