Quasi-linear transport approach to equilibration of quark-gluon plasmas
arXiv:0912.5108 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.065021
Abstract
We derive the transport equations of quark-gluon plasma in the quasi-linear approximation. The equations are either of the Balescu-Lenard or Fokker-Planck form. The plasma's dynamics is assumed to be governed by longitudinal chromoelectric fields. The isotropic plasma, which is stable, and the two-stream system, which is unstable, are considered in detail. A process of equilibration is briefly discussed in both cases. The peaks of the two-stream distribution are shown to rapidly dissolve in time.
12 pages, explanatory comments added, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
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