Nonlinear diffusion of gluons
arXiv:2108.01607 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2022.127299
Abstract
It is proposed to consider the fast thermalization of gluons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions as a diffusion process in momentum space. Closed-form analytical solutions of a nonlinear boson diffusion equation (NBDE) with constant drift and diffusion coefficients v, D and boundary conditions at the singularity are derived. The time evolution towards local central temperatures T< 600 MeV through inelastic gluon scatterings in heavy-ion collisions is calculated for under- and overoccupied systems in the full momentum range. The results are consistent with QCD-based numerical calculations for gluon thermalization via inelastic gluon collisions.
arXiv comment14 pages, 6 figures; as published in PHYSICA A
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