# Shear viscosity $\eta$ to electrical conductivity $\sigma_{el}$ ratio for an anisotropic QGP

## TL;DR

This paper investigates the shear viscosity to electrical conductivity ratio in an anisotropic quark-gluon plasma, providing insights into its transport properties relevant for heavy ion collision experiments.

## Contribution

It introduces a calculation of shear viscosity and electrical conductivity in an anisotropic QGP using the relativistic Boltzmann equation within a quasiparticle model, highlighting the anisotropy effects.

## Key findings

- Calculated transport coefficients in anisotropic QGP.
- Compared quasiparticle model results with lattice and other models.
- Analyzed the connection between shear viscosity and electrical conductivity.

## Abstract

We study the transport properties of strongly interacting matter in the context of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collision experiments. We calculate the transport coefficients viz. shear viscosity ($\eta$) and electrical conductivity ($\sigma_{\rm{el}}$) of the quark-gluon plasma phase in the presence of momentum anisotropy arising from different expansion rates of the medium in longitudinal and transverse direction. We solve the relativistic Boltzmann kinetic equation in relaxation time approximation to calculate the shear viscosity and electrical conductivity. The calculations are performed within the quasiparticle model to estimate these transport coefficients and discuss the connection between them. We also compare the electrical conductivity results calculated from the quasiparticle model with the ideal case. We compare our results with the corresponding results obtained in the different lattice as well as model calculations.