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Main Authors: Chattopadhyay, Chandrodoy, Ott, Josh, Schaefer, Thomas, Skokov, Vladimir V.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15994
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author Chattopadhyay, Chandrodoy
Ott, Josh
Schaefer, Thomas
Skokov, Vladimir V.
author_facet Chattopadhyay, Chandrodoy
Ott, Josh
Schaefer, Thomas
Skokov, Vladimir V.
contents We describe a numerical method for simulating stochastic fluid dynamics near a critical point in the Ising universality class. This theory is known as model H, and is expected to govern the non-equilibrium dynamics of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) near a possible critical endpoint of the phase transition between a hadron liquid and the quark-gluon plasma. The numerical algorithm is based on a Metropolis scheme, and automatically ensures that the distribution function of the hydrodynamic variables in equilibrium is independent of the transport coefficients and only governed by the microscopic free energy. We verify dynamic scaling near the critical point of a two and three-dimensional fluid and extract the associated critical exponent $z$. We find $z\simeq 3$ in three dimensions, and $z\simeq 2$ for a two-dimensional fluid. In a finite system, we observe a crossover between the mean field value $z=4$ and the true critical exponent $z\simeq 3$ ($z \simeq 2$ in $d=2$). This crossover is governed by the values of the correlation length and the renormalized shear viscosity.
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spellingShingle Critical fluid dynamics in two and three dimensions
Chattopadhyay, Chandrodoy
Ott, Josh
Schaefer, Thomas
Skokov, Vladimir V.
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We describe a numerical method for simulating stochastic fluid dynamics near a critical point in the Ising universality class. This theory is known as model H, and is expected to govern the non-equilibrium dynamics of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) near a possible critical endpoint of the phase transition between a hadron liquid and the quark-gluon plasma. The numerical algorithm is based on a Metropolis scheme, and automatically ensures that the distribution function of the hydrodynamic variables in equilibrium is independent of the transport coefficients and only governed by the microscopic free energy. We verify dynamic scaling near the critical point of a two and three-dimensional fluid and extract the associated critical exponent $z$. We find $z\simeq 3$ in three dimensions, and $z\simeq 2$ for a two-dimensional fluid. In a finite system, we observe a crossover between the mean field value $z=4$ and the true critical exponent $z\simeq 3$ ($z \simeq 2$ in $d=2$). This crossover is governed by the values of the correlation length and the renormalized shear viscosity.
title Critical fluid dynamics in two and three dimensions
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15994