2009/12/31 by Stanisław Mrówczyński, Stanislaw Mrowczynski, Berndt Müller +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Differential equation #Distribution (mathematics) #Fokker–Planck equation #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Isotropy #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Physics #Plasma #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Statistical physics #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.81.065021
published as Phys.Rev.D81:065021,2010 · 12 pages, explanatory comments added, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
arxiv created 2010/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2010/03/18 · arxiv updated 2010/04/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We derive the transport equations of quark-gluon plasma in the quasilinear approximation. The equations are either of the Balescu-Lenard or Fokker-Planck form. The plasma's dynamics is assumed to be governed by longitudinal chromoelectric fields. The isotropic plasma, which is stable, and the two-stream system, which is unstable, are considered in detail. A process of equilibration is briefly discussed in both cases. The peaks of the two-stream distribution are shown to rapidly dissolve in time.