Turbulent pattern formation and diffusion in the early-time dynamics in the relativistic heavy-ion collision

Abstract

We propose a picture of turbulent pattern formation in the relativistic heavy-ion collision, which follows an efficient process to break color strings and dispose energy in the whole phase space. We perform numerical simulations using the SU(2) pure Yang-Mills theory in a non-expanding box to observe a dynamical phenomenon in the transverse plane akin to the domain growth in time-dependent spin systems.

8 pages, 7 figures, characterization of the avalanche and the diffusion clarified; more numerical data presented for systematics

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