Non-perturbative gluodynamics of high energy heavy-ion collisions

2000/04/12 by Alex Krasnitz, A. Krasnitz, Krasnitz, Alex +2
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0004116

Latex,9 pages, 4 figures, invited talk at 5th workshop on QCD (QCD2000), Villefrance-sur-Mer, Jan.3rd-7th, 2000; minor typo corrected

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Abstract

The dynamics of low-x partons in the transverse plane of a high-energy nuclear collision is classical, and therefore admits a fully non--perturbative numerical treatment. We report results of a recent study estimating the initial energy density in the central region of a collision. Preliminary estimates of the number of gluons per unit rapidity, and the initial transverse momentum distribution of gluons, are also provided.

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