Parton Production Via Vacuum Polarization

Abstract

We discuss the production mechanism of partons via vacuum polarization during the very early, gluon dominated phase of an ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collision in the framework of the background field method of quantum chromodynamics.

3 pages, Latex, 3 figures (eps), to be published in JPhysG, SQM2001 proceedings

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• Partonic Scattering Cross Sections in the QCD Medium
• Exploring Quark Matter
• Gluon Pair Production from a Space-Time Dependent Classical Chromofield via Vacuum Polarization

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