Kinetic theory of a longitudinally expanding system
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2016-04-20 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We use kinetic theory in order to study the role of quantum fluctuations in the isotropization of the pressure tensor in a system subject to fast longitudinal expansion, such as the matter produced in the early stages of a heavy ion collision.
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@article{arxiv.1602.00539,
title = {Kinetic theory of a longitudinally expanding system},
author = {Francois Gelis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00539},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the POETIC 6 conference. 7 figures, 7 pages