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A. Ipp, D. Mueller:
"Gaussian rapidity profile from collisions in Glasma simulations";
Talk: Strong and Electroweak Matter 2018, Barcelona, Spain; 2018-06-25 - 2018-06-29.

I present our work on simulating the emergence of the Glasma in the early stages of heavy ion collisions in full 3+1 dimensions. In the color glass condensate framework incoming nuclei are usually assumed to be infinitely thin Lorentz-contracted pancakes which leads to boost-invariant rapidity profiles of the resulting energy density after the collision. We break boost invariance by allowing for a finite thickness of the incoming nuclei along the beam direction and obtain Gaussian-like rapidity profiles already at tree level. The profiles resemble strong coupling results and allow for comparison with experimental data of pion multiplicities as obtained at RHIC.

Project Head Andreas Ipp:
Quark-Gluon-Plasma Dynamik mit Colored-Particle-in-Cell Simulationen

Project Head Anton Rebhan:
Doktoratskolleg Particles and Interactions