1999/10/28 by J. C. R. Bloch, Jacques Bloch, Craig D. Roberts +3 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #hep-ex #hep-ph #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.61.117502
published as Phys.Rev.D61:117502,2000 · 4 pages, REVTEX, 3 figures, epsfig.sty
arxiv created 1999/10/28 · openalex publication_date 2000/05/09 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the evolution of a strong field plasma using a quantum Vlasov equation with a non-Markovian source term and a simple collision term, and calculate the time dependence of the energy and number density, and the temperature. The evolution of a plasma produced with BNL RHIC-like initial conditions is well described by a low density approximation to the source term. However, non-Markovian aspects should be retained to obtain an accurate description of the early stages of a CERN LHC-like plasma.