2022 Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Physics Graduate major in Physics
Special Lectures in Physics XXXXII
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Tetsufumi Hirano
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- PHY.P582
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The quark gluon plasma (QGP) is known as primordial deconfined nuclear matter occupied in the early universe ~10 microsecond after the Big Bang. The QGP can be created in high-energy nuclear collisions and found to behave as an almost perfect fluid. In this lecture, a framework of relativistic hydrodynamics is reviewed aiming at description of space-time evolution of the QGP in high-energy nuclear collisions. The topics include: conservation law, definition of frames, ideal and viscous hydrodynamics.
Course description and aims
The purpose of this lecture is to learn basic aspects of high-energy nuclear collisions and relativistic hydrodynamics.
Keywords
Quark gluon plasma, high-energy nuclear collisions, relativistic hydrodynamics
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The lecture is given using slides and handwritten notes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to high-energy nuclear collisions | given in the lecture |
| Class 2 | Conservation law and frame | given in the lecture |
| Class 3 | Ideal hydrodynamics 1: Equation of motion | given in the lecture |
| Class 4 | Ideal hydrodynamics 2: Entropy conservation and sound velocity | given in the lecture |
| Class 5 | Dissipative hydrodynamics 1: Constitutive equations | given in the lecture |
| Class 6 | Dissipative hydrodynamics 2: Equation of motion | given in the lecture |
| Class 7 | Dissipative hydrodynamics 3: Causal dissipative hydrodynamics | given in the lecture |
| Class 8 | Dynamics of core and corona in high-energy nuclear collisions | given in the lecture |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Not specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lecture notes will be distributed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Some assigned problems should be solved after the lectures.
Related courses
- PHY.F430 ： Hadron Physics
- PHY.F437 ： Advanced Nuclear Physics
- PHY.F436 ： Advanced Particle Physics
Prerequisites
It is required that the students have basic knowledge on quantum physics.
Other
The lecture will be given in English.