The Extraordinary Glow

Abstract

In this contribution I discuss some recent progress in understanding the evolution of the pre-thermal quark-gluon matter, known as the glasma, during the early stage in heavy ion collisions, and the implication for early time photon and dilepton emissions.

Comments: 16 pages, 4 figures, contribution to a special issue of Nucl. Phys. A in memory of Gerald E. Brown