Quasi-linear transport approach to equilibration of quark-gluon plasmas

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27 December 2009

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We derive the transport equations of quark-gluon plasma in the quasi-linear approximation. The equations are either of the Balescu-Lenard or Fokker-Planck form. The isotropic plasma, which is stable, and the two-stream system, which is unstable, are considered in detail. A process of equilibration is briefly discussed in both cases. The peaks of the two-stream distribution are shown to rapidly dissolve in time.

Keywords

QUARK GLUON PLASMA
TRANSPORT APPROACH
LINEAR TRANSPORT
GLUON PLASMAS
EQUILIBRATION
QUASI LINEAR
TWO STREAM

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Published version: Physical Review D, 81 (6).

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