Heavy ion collisions and cosmology

• Verfasst von: Flörchinger, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Heavy ion collisions and cosmology
• Verf.angabe: Stefan Floerchinger
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 24.11.2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Nuclear physics <Amsterdam> / A
• Jahr Quelle: 2016
• Band/Heft Quelle: 956(2016), S. 91-98
• ISSN Quelle: 1873-1554
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.02.006
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1565710851

Abstract

There are interesting parallels between the physics of heavy ion collisions and cosmology. Both systems are out-of-equilibrium and relativistic fluid dynamics plays an important role for their theoretical description. From a comparison one can draw interesting conclusions for both sides. For heavy ion physics it could be rewarding to attempt a theoretical description of fluid perturbations similar to cosmological perturbation theory. In the context of late time cosmology, it could be interesting to study dissipative properties such as shear and bulk viscosity and corresponding relaxation times in more detail. Knowledge and experience from heavy ion physics could help to constrain the microscopic properties of dark matter from observational knowledge of the cosmological fluid properties.