Further developments of a multi-phase transport model for relativistic nuclear collisions
Zi-Wei Lin, Liang Zheng
Abstract
Abstract A multi-phase transport (AMPT) model was constructed as a self-contained kinetic theory-based description of relativistic nuclear collisions as it contains four main components: the fluctuating initial condition, a parton cascade, hadronization, and a hadron cascade. Here, we review the main developments after the first public release of the AMPT source code in 2004 and the corresponding publication that described the physics details of the model at that time. We also discuss possible directions for future developments of the AMPT model to better study the properties of the dense matter created in relativistic collisions of small or large systems.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsPartonHadronNuclear physicsKinetic energyParticle physicsCode (set theory)Nuclear matterKinetic theoryRelativistic particleSource codeMathematical modelTransport theoryCollisionCurrent (fluid)High-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchStatistical Mechanics and Entropy