What the inflaton might tell us about RHIC/LHC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-06-15 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Topical phenomena in high-energy physics related to collision experiments of heavy nuclei ("Little Bang") and early universe cosmology ("Big Bang") involve far-from-equilibrium dynamics described by quantum field theory. One example concerns the role of plasma instabilities for the process of thermalization in heavy-ion collisions. The reheating of the early universe after inflation may exhibit rather similar phenomena following a tachyonic or parametric resonance instability. Certain universal aspects associated to nonthermal fixed points even quantitatively agree, and considering these phenomena from a common perspective can be fruitful.
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@article{arxiv.0811.4401,
title = {What the inflaton might tell us about RHIC/LHC},
author = {J. Berges},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.4401},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Plenary talk at SEWM08, 9 pages, 6 figures