The Boltzmann equation for gluons at early times after a heavy ion collision
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A Boltzmann equation is given for the early stages of evolution of the gluon system produced in a head-on heavy ion collision. The collision term is taken from gluon-gluon scattering in the one-gluon approximation. < p ⊥ > and < p 2 z > are evaluated as a function of time using initial conditions taken from the McLerran-Venugopalan model.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999