Nonequilibrium initial conditions in heavy ion collisions studied by Boltzmann equation (dr. Ruggieri)

SPEAKER: Dr. Marco Ruggieri, del Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia, Universita' di Catania

TITLE: Nonequilibrium initial conditions in heavy ion collisions studied by Boltzmann equation.

ABSTRACT: I discuss our application of Boltzmann kinetic theory to the study of the expanding fireball produced in heavy ion collisions, both at the RHIC and the LHC energies. Emphasis is put on elliptic flow, shear viscosity of the quark-gluon-plasma and on spectra.