Memory effects and thermodynamics in strong field plasmas
Nuclear Theory
2009-01-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
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 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 an LHC-like plasma.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9910073,
title = {Memory effects and thermodynamics in strong field plasmas},
author = {J. C. R. Bloch and C. D. Roberts and S. M. Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9910073},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, REVTEX, 3 figures, epsfig.sty