Gluon field dynamics in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions: Time evolution on a gauge lattice in (3+1)-dimensions
Aug, 1998Citations per year
Abstract:
We describe the dynamics of gluons and quarks in a relativistic nuclear collision, within the framework of classical mean-field transport theory, by the coupled equations for the classical Yang-Mills field and a collection of colored point particles. The particles represent the valence quarks in the colliding nuclei. We explore the time evolution of the gauge field in a numerical simulation of the collision of two Lorentz-boosted ``nuclei'' on a long three-dimensional gauge lattice. We report first results on soft gluon scattering and coherent gluon radiation.- scattering: heavy ion
- gluon: interaction
- radiation: coherence
- mean field approximation
- transport theory
- quark: valence
- gauge field theory: SU(2)
- lattice field theory
- energy: density
- numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
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