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``Pressure Equilibration'' in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

J. Brachmann, A. Dumitru, C. Spieles, J. Maruhn, H. Stöcker, W. Greiner

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9701045

Abstract

We study the time scale for pressure equilibration in heavy ion collisions at AGS energies within the three-fluid hydrodynamical model and a microscopic cascade model (UrQMD). We find that kinetic equilibrium is reached in both models after a time of 5 fm/c (center-of-mass time). Thus, observables which are sensitive to the early stage of the reaction differ considerably from the expectations within the instant thermalization scenario (one-fluid hydrodynamical model).

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