1201.6542 (I. Ya. Aref'eva et al.)

Holographic phase diagram of quark-gluon plasma formed in heavy-ions
collisions    [PDF]

I. Ya. Aref'eva, A. A. Bagrov, E. O. Pozdeeva

The phase diagram of quark gluon plasma (QGP) formed at a very early stage
just after the heavy ion collision is obtained by using a holographic dual
model for the heavy ion collision. In this dual model colliding ions are
described by the charged shock gravitational waves. Points on the phase diagram
correspond to the QGP or hadronic matter with given temperatures and chemical
potentials. The phase of QGP in dual terms is related to the case when the
collision of shock waves leads to formation of trapped surface. Hadronic matter
and other confined states correspond to the absence of trapped surface after
collision.
Multiplicity of the ion collision process is estimated in the dual language
as area of the trapped surface. We show that a non-zero chemical potential
reduces the multiplicity. To plot the phase diagram we use two different dual
models of colliding ions, the point and the wall shock waves, and find
qualitative agrement of the results.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.6542