2005/05/31 by A.H. Mueller, A. H. Mueller, Arif I. Shoshi +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.10.047
published as Phys.Lett. B632 (2006) 257-260 · 9 pages, some very minor changes
arxiv created 2005/10/17 · openalex publication_date 2005/10/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a possible scaling solution to pre-equilibrium evolution which interpolates between the instability present in the dense gluon system produced immediately after a heavy ion collision and the final equilibration which occurs later. Our solution depends on a single parameter δ. Depending on the value of δ, our proposed solution matches onto the bottom-up picture either at an intermediate stage or toward the end of the evolution given by bottom-up. We discuss in detail the reasons why we believe our solution is self-consistent, and we also point out why it is difficult to actually prove consistency.