Inside the Quark-Gluon Plasma (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Inside the Quark-Gluon Plasma

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This hydrodynamic simulation shows the flow patterns, or 'vorticity distribution,' from a smoke ring-like swirling fluid around the beam direction of two colliding heavy ions. The simulation provides new insights about the properties of a superhot fluid known as the quark-gluon plasma.

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Berkeley Lab

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