"Bottom-up" thermalization in heavy ion collisions

Authors
Baier, R Mueller, AH Schiff, D Son, DT
Citation
R. Baier et al., "Bottom-up" thermalization in heavy ion collisions, PHYS LETT B, 502(1-4), 2001, pp. 51-58
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
502
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
51 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(20010315)502:1-4<51:"TIHIC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We describe how thermalization occurs in heavy ion collisions in the framew ork of perturbative QCD. When the saturation scale es is large compared to Lambda (QCD) thermalization takes place during a time of order alpha (-13/5 )Q(s)(-1) and the maximal temperature achieved is alpha (2/5) Q(S). (C) 200 1 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.