Non-extensive (3+1)-dimensional hydrodynamics for relativistic heavy-ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper introduces a non-extensive (3+1)-dimensional hydrodynamic model, NEX-CLVisc, for simulating multi-particle production in heavy-ion collisions, successfully reproducing certain experimental data without viscous corrections.

Contribution

It develops a novel non-extensive hydrodynamic model that incorporates non-extensive effects in initial conditions, equation of state, and freeze-out, extending the applicability of hydrodynamic simulations.

Findings

The model reproduces $ ext{η}$ distribution and charged-particle spectra up to 6-8 GeV/c.

It shows suppression of $v_2$ similar to viscous hydrodynamics.

The model is limited to low $p_T$ for $v_2$ due to lack of viscous corrections.

Abstract

A non-extensive (3+1)-dimensional hydrodynamic model for multi-particle production processes, NEX-CLVisc, is developed in the framework of CLVisc where the viscous corrections are turned off. It assumes that the non-extensive effects consistently exist in the initial conditions set by the optical Glauber model, the equation of state and the hadron kinetic freeze-out procedure. The model is then applied to simulate the pseudo-rapidity ($\eta$) distribution, the transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) spectra and the $p_{\rm T}$-differential elliptic flow ($v_2$) of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=$ 2.76 TeV and 5.02 TeV, respectively. It is found that the model can reasonably well reproduce the experimental data of the $\eta$ distribution and the charged-particle spectra in a $p_{\rm T}$ range up to 6-8 GeV/c. When compared with the ideal hydrodynamic model, the $p_{\rm T}$-differential $v_2$ of charged particles is suppressed in the NEX-CLVisc model, which is similar to that observed in the hydrodynamic model with a shear viscous correction. Moreover, due to the lack of the viscous corrections and the event-by-event fluctuation, the model can only describe the $p_{\rm T}$-differential $v_2$ up to 3-4 GeV/c, which is smaller than its applicable range for the particle $p_{\rm T}$ spectra.