Color instabilities in the quark–gluon plasma
Abstract
When the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) – a system of deconfined quarks and gluons – is in a nonequilibrium state, it is usually unstable with respect to color collective modes. The instabilities, which are expected to strongly influence dynamics of the QGP produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, are extensively discussed under the assumption that the plasma is weakly coupled. Here, we begin by presenting the theoretical approaches to study the QGP, which include: field theory methods based on the Keldysh–Schwinger formalism, classical and quantum kinetic theories, and fluid techniques. The dispersion equations, which give the spectrum of plasma collective excitations, are analyzed in detail. We pay particular attention to a momentum distribution of plasma constituents which is obtained by deforming an isotropic momentum distribution. Mechanisms of chromoelectric and chromomagnetic instabilities are explained in terms of elementary physics. The Nyquist analysis, which allows one to determine the number of solutions of a dispersion equation without explicitly solving it, and stability criteria are also discussed. We then review various numerical approaches – purely classical or quantum – to simulate the temporal evolution of an unstable quark–gluon plasma. The dynamical role of instabilities in the processes of plasma equilibration is analyzed.
- Authors:
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- Jan Kochanowski Univ., Kielce (Poland). Inst. of Physics; National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw (Poland)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Physics Dept.
- Goethe Univ., Frankfurt (Germany). Franfurt Inst. for Advanced Studies
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1392244
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1397939
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-114267-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0370-1573
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; SC0013470
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 682; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-1573
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Mrówczyński, Stanisław, Schenke, Björn, and Strickland, Michael. Color instabilities in the quark–gluon plasma. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2017.03.003.
Mrówczyński, Stanisław, Schenke, Björn, & Strickland, Michael. Color instabilities in the quark–gluon plasma. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2017.03.003
Mrówczyński, Stanisław, Schenke, Björn, and Strickland, Michael. 2017.
"Color instabilities in the quark–gluon plasma". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2017.03.003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1392244.
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abstractNote = {When the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) – a system of deconfined quarks and gluons – is in a nonequilibrium state, it is usually unstable with respect to color collective modes. The instabilities, which are expected to strongly influence dynamics of the QGP produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, are extensively discussed under the assumption that the plasma is weakly coupled. Here, we begin by presenting the theoretical approaches to study the QGP, which include: field theory methods based on the Keldysh–Schwinger formalism, classical and quantum kinetic theories, and fluid techniques. The dispersion equations, which give the spectrum of plasma collective excitations, are analyzed in detail. We pay particular attention to a momentum distribution of plasma constituents which is obtained by deforming an isotropic momentum distribution. Mechanisms of chromoelectric and chromomagnetic instabilities are explained in terms of elementary physics. The Nyquist analysis, which allows one to determine the number of solutions of a dispersion equation without explicitly solving it, and stability criteria are also discussed. We then review various numerical approaches – purely classical or quantum – to simulate the temporal evolution of an unstable quark–gluon plasma. The dynamical role of instabilities in the processes of plasma equilibration is analyzed.},
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year = {Sun Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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