Ekpyrosis and inflationary dynamics in heavy ion collisions: the role of quantum fluctuations
arXiv:1107.0247 · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124120
Abstract
We summarize recent significant progress in the development of a first-principles formalism to describe the formation and evolution of matter in very high energy heavy ion collisions. The key role of quantum fluctuations both before and after a collision is emphasized. Systematic computations are now feasible to address early time dynamics essential to quantifying properties of strongly interacting quark-gluon matter.
Talk by R.V. at Quark Matter 2011, Annecy, France, May 23-28, 2011. LaTex, 4 pages; v2, final version to appear in J. Phys. G
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