Quasiparticle Theory of Transport Coefficients for Hadronic Matter at Finite Temperature and Baryon Density

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We develop a flexible quasiparticle theory of transport coefficients of hot hadronic matter at finite baryon density.

• We begin with a hadronic quasiparticle model which includes a scalar and a vector mean field.
• Quasiparticle energies and the mean fields depend on temperature and baryon chemical potential.
• Starting with the quasiparticle dispersion relation, we derive the Boltzmann equation and use the Chapman-Enskog expansion to derive formulas for the shear and bulk viscosities and thermal conductivity.