Turbulence in nonabelian gauge theory
arXiv:0811.4293 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.10.032
Abstract
Kolmogorov wave turbulence plays an important role for the thermalization process following plasma instabilities in nonabelian gauge theories. We show that classical-statistical simulations in SU(2) gauge theory indicate a Kolmogorov scaling exponent known from scalar models. In the range of validity of resummed perturbation theory this result is shown to agree with analytical estimates. We study the effect of classical-statistical versus quantum corrections and demonstrate that the latter lead to the absence of turbulence in the far ultraviolet.
13 pages, 4 figures. PLB version, improved statistics indicates Kolmogorov exponent 4/3
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