Thermalization of quark-gluon matter by 2-to-2 and 3-to-3 elastic scatterings
arXiv:nucl-th/0702036 · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/S113
Abstract
Thermalization of quark-gluon matter is studied with a transport equation that includes contributions of 2-to-2 and 3-to-3 elastic scatterings. Thermalization time is related to the squared amplitudes for the elastic scatterings that are calculated in perturbative QCD.
LaTex, 6 pages, 3 figures, talk presented at the 19th international conference on ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions, Shanghai, China, Nov. 2006