This thesis presents theoretical and numerical studies on phenomenological description of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a many-body system of elementary particles. Presents novel off-equilibrium hydrodynamic models for the longitudinal expansion of the QGP.

Provides a full second-order formulation of relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics with linear cross terms that satisfy Onsager reciprocal relations Shows the effects of shear viscosity, bulk viscosity and baryon diffusion found to be important in quantitative analyses of particle spectra from the expanding QGP Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Tokyo's Physics Department in 2012 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dr.Akihiko Monnai RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Nishina Center, RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa,Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Tel: +81-48-462-1226 (Ext. 3449).

Inhalt
Introduction.- High-Energy Heavy Ion Collisions.- Relativistic Dissipative Hydrodynamics with Conserved Charges.- Viscous Hydrodynamic Model and the Color Glass Condensate.- Dissipative Hydrodynamic Model and Baryon Stopping.- Summary and Conclusion.- Appendices.