Initial state and thermalization

2012/07/23 by K. Dusling, Kevin Dusling, Dusling, K. +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1207.5401

4 pages, 9 figures, talk given by FG at Hard Probes 2012 (may 27th - june 1st, 2012, Cagliari, Italy)

arxiv created 2012/10/05 · arxiv updated 2012/10/08

Abstract

We report recent results on the role of instabilities in the isotropization and thermalization of a longitudinally expanding system of quantum fields.

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