| Relativistic shock waves in viscous gluon matter (2009) | |||||||||
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| We solve the relativistic Riemann problem in viscous gluon matter employing a microscopic parton cascade. We demonstrate the transition from ideal to viscous shock waves by varying the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio $\eta/s$ from zero to infinity. We show that an $\eta/s$ ratio larger than 0.2 prevents the development of well-defined shock waves on timescales typical for ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Comparisons with viscous hydrodynamic calculations confirm our findings.. Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures | |||||||||
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