QCD plasma instability and thermalisation at heavy ion collisions

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dc.creatorBodeker, Dietrich
dc.creatorRummukainen, Kari
dc.date2007-11-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:54:07Z
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dc.descriptionUnder suitable non-equilibrium conditions QCD plasma can develop plasma instabilities, where some modes of the plasma grow exponentially. It has been argued that these instabilities can play a significant role in the thermalisation of the plasma in heavy-ion collision experiments. We study the instability in SU(2) plasmas using the hard thermal loop effective lattice theory, which is suitable for studying real-time evolution of long wavelength modes in the plasma. We observe that under suitable conditions the plasma can indeed develop an instability which can grow to a very large magnitude, necessary for the rapid thermalisation in heavy-ion collisions.
dc.description7 pages, contribution to Lattice 2007, Regensburg, Germany, 30 July - 4 August 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1963
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1963
dc.identifierPoSLAT2007:220,2007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/204783
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.titleQCD plasma instability and thermalisation at heavy ion collisions
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