QCD thermalization: Ab initio approaches and interdisciplinary connections
Heavy-ion collisions at BNL's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and CERN's Large Hadron
Collider provide strong evidence for the formation of a quark-gluon plasma, with …
Collider provide strong evidence for the formation of a quark-gluon plasma, with …
The First fm/c of Heavy-Ion Collisions
S Schlichting, D Teaney - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
We present an introductory review of the early-time dynamics of high-energy heavy-ion
collisions and the kinetics of high-temperature quantum chromodynamic matter. The …
collisions and the kinetics of high-temperature quantum chromodynamic matter. The …
Matching the nonequilibrium initial stage of heavy ion collisions to hydrodynamics with QCD kinetic theory
High-energy nuclear collisions produce a nonequilibrium plasma of quarks and gluons
which thermalizes and exhibits hydrodynamic flow. There are currently no practical …
which thermalizes and exhibits hydrodynamic flow. There are currently no practical …
Isotropization and hydrodynamization in weakly coupled heavy-ion collisions
A Kurkela, Y Zhu - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
We numerically solve the (2+ 1)-dimensional effective kinetic theory of weak coupling QCD
under longitudinal expansion, relevant for early stages of heavy-ion collisions. We find …
under longitudinal expansion, relevant for early stages of heavy-ion collisions. We find …
Turbulent thermalization process in heavy-ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energies
The nonequilibrium evolution of heavy-ion collisions is studied in the limit of weak coupling
at very high energy employing lattice simulations of the classical Yang-Mills equations …
at very high energy employing lattice simulations of the classical Yang-Mills equations …
Universal attractor in a highly occupied non-Abelian plasma
We study the thermalization process in highly occupied non-Abelian plasmas at weak
coupling. The nonequilibrium dynamics of such systems is classical in nature and can be …
coupling. The nonequilibrium dynamics of such systems is classical in nature and can be …
Classicalization and unitarization of wee partons in QCD and gravity: The CGC-black hole correspondence
We discuss a remarkable correspondence between the description of black holes as highly
occupied condensates of N weakly interacting gravitons and that of color glass condensates …
occupied condensates of N weakly interacting gravitons and that of color glass condensates …
Real-time evolution of non-Gaussian cumulants in the QCD critical regime
We derive a coupled set of equations that describe the nonequilibrium evolution of
cumulants of critical fluctuations for spacetime trajectories on the crossover side of the QCD …
cumulants of critical fluctuations for spacetime trajectories on the crossover side of the QCD …
Pressure isotropization in high energy heavy ion collisions
The early stages of high energy heavy ion collisions are studied in the color glass
condensate framework, with a real-time classical lattice simulation. When increasing the …
condensate framework, with a real-time classical lattice simulation. When increasing the …
initialization and evolution of the glasma
The ip-glasma initial condition has been highly successful in the phenomenology of
ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. The assumption of boost invariance, however, while …
ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. The assumption of boost invariance, however, while …