arXiv:hep-th/9608181·v1·High Energy Physics — Theory
Thermalization and Lyapunov Exponents in the Yang-Mills-Higgs Theory
U. Heinz🇺🇸 · C. Hu🇺🇸 · S. Leupold🇺🇸 · S. Matinyan🇺🇸 · B. Muller (Duke University)🇺🇸
Abstract
We investigate thermalization processes occurring at different time scales in the Yang-Mills-Higgs system at high temperatures. We determine the largest Lyapunov exponent associated with the gauge fields and verify its relation to the perturbatively calculated damping rate of a static gauge boson.
Comments: 33 pages (revtex), 4 PS figures, submitted to PRD