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Parton equilibration in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: We investigate the processes leading to phase-space equilibration of parton distributions in nuclear interactions at collider energies. We derive a set of rate equations describing the chemical equilibration of gluons and quarks including medium effects on the relevant QCD transport coefficients, and discuss their consequences for parton equilibration in heavy ion collisions.

Source: Physical Review C

DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.1275

Authors: T. S. Biró, E. van Doorn, B. Müller, M. H. Thoma, X.-N. Wang

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Duke University, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Language: English

Topic: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

OpenAlex ID: W2048949210

FWCI: 10.06

Cites: 48

Cited by: 265

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