Trapped surfaces in a hadronic fluid

Abstract

Pion propagation in a hadronic fluid with a non-homogeneous relativistic flow is studied in terms of the linear sigma model. The wave equation turns out to be equivalent to the equation of motion for a massless scalar field propagating in a curved spacetime geometry. The metric tensor depends locally on the soft pion dispersion relation and the four-velocity of the fluid. For a relativistic flow in curved spacetime the apparent and trapping horizons may be defined in the same way as in general relativity. An expression for the analog surface gravity is derived.