The subtle interplay of elastic and inelastic collisions in the thermalization of the quark-gluon plasma
arXiv:1601.00308 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.02.032
Abstract
Using kinetic theory, we analyze the interplay of elastic and inelastic collisions in the thermalization of the quark-gluon plasma. The main focus is the dynamics and equilibration of long wavelength modes.
Proceedings of the XXV International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Quark Matter 2015, Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015, Kobe, Japan
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