Gluon Saturation and the Formation Stage of Heavy Ion Collisions

2008/07/25 by Larry McLerran, McLerran, Larry · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0807.4095

Paper prepared for an edition of the Landolt-Bernstein series: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships, Editor in Chief, W. Martienssen, Volume 1/23, Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics, edited by R. Stock

arxiv created 2008/07/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The high energy limit of QCD is controlled by very high energy density gluonic matter, the Color Glass Condensate. In the first instants of the collisions of two sheets of Colored Glass Condensate, a Glasma is formed with longitudinal flux tubes of color electric and magnetic fields. These flux tubes decay and might form a turbulent liquid that eventually thermalizes into a Quark Gluon Plasma

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