Microcanonical Particlization with Local Conservation Laws

Phys Rev Lett. 2019 Nov 1;123(18):182302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.182302.

Abstract

We present a sampling method for the transition from relativistic hydrodynamics to particle transport, commonly referred to as particlization, which preserves the local conservation of energy, momentum, baryon number, strangeness, and electric charge microcanonically, i.e., in every sample. The proposed method is essential for studying fluctuations and correlations by means of stochastic hydrodynamics. It is also useful for studying small systems. The method is based on Metropolis sampling applied to particles within distinct patches of the switching space-time surface, where hydrodynamic and kinetic evolutions are matched.