Thermalization vs. Isotropization & Azimuthal Fluctuations
arXiv:hep-ph/0506179 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/27/1/022
Abstract
Hydrodynamic description requires a local thermodynamic equilibrium of the system under study but an approximate hydrodynamic behaviour is already manifested when a momentum distribution of liquid components is not of equilibrium form but merely isotropic. While the process of equilibration is relatively slow, the parton system becomes isotropic rather fast due to the plasma instabilities. Azimuthal fluctuations observed in relativistic heavy-ion collisions are argued to distinguish between a fully equilibrated and only isotropic parton system produced in the collision early stage.
12 pages, presented at `Correlations and Fluctuations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions', MIT, April 05, minor corrections
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