arXiv:1601.00308·v1·Nuclear Theory
The subtle interplay of elastic and inelastic collisions in the thermalization of the quark-gluon plasma
Jean-Paul Blaizot🇫🇷 · Jinfeng Liao🇺🇸 · Yacine Mehtar-Tani🇺🇸
Abstract
Using kinetic theory, we analyze the interplay of elastic and inelastic collisions in the thermalization of the quark-gluon plasma. The main focus is the dynamics and equilibration of long wavelength modes.
Comments: Proceedings of the XXV International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Quark Matter 2015, Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015, Kobe, Japan