Classical simulations and particle production in heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

The classical approximation may be applied to a number of problems in non-equilibrium field theory. The principles and limits of classical real-time lattice simulations are presented, with particular emphasis on the definition of particle numbers and energies and on applications to the earliest stages of heavy-ion collisions.

Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of LHP03, Cairns