Plasma Instabilities in an Anisotropically Expanding Geometry

dc.creatorRomatschke, Paul
dc.creatorRebhan, Anton
dc.date2006-05-05
dc.date2006-12-14
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dc.descriptionWe study (3+1)D kinetic (Boltzmann-Vlasov) equations for relativistic plasma particles in a one-dimensionally expanding geometry motivated by ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. We set up local equations in terms of Yang-Mills potentials and auxiliary fields that allow simulations of hard-(expanding)-loop (HEL) dynamics on a lattice. We determine numerically the evolution of plasma instabilities in the linear (Abelian) regime and also derive their late-time behavior analytically, which is consistent with recent numerical results on the evolution of the so-called melting color-glass condensate. We also find a significant delay in the onset of growth of plasma instabilities which are triggered by small rapidity fluctuations, even when the initial state is highly anisotropic.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure, uses REVTEX4. v3: improved figure, version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0605064
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0605064
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.97:252301,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.252301
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/176351
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titlePlasma Instabilities in an Anisotropically Expanding Geometry
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