Full and Partial Thermalization of Nucleons in Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
arXiv:0902.0999 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.01.076
Abstract
We propose a mechanism of thermalization of nucleons in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Our model belongs, to a certain degree, to the transport ones; we consider the evolution of the system, but we parametrize this development by the number of collisions of every particle in the system rather than by the time variable. We based on the assumption that the nucleon momentum transfer after several nucleon-nucleon (-hadron) collisions becomes a random quantity driven by a proper distribution.
arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures, Talk given at the Conference on Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM08), August 26-29, 2008, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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