https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10306-9
Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization
Kinetic and chemical equilibration in scalar ϕtheory⋆
Theory Department, NIKHEF, Kruislaan 409, 1098SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* e-mail: arrizaba@nikhef.nl
Received:
30
October
2005
Accepted:
2
January
2006
Published online:
1
September
2006
Approximations based on the 2PI effective action are used to investigate the process of equilibration in ϕ4 theory in 3+1 dimensions, both in the symmetric and broken phase. A special emphasis is put on the study of the kinetic and chemical equilibration.
PACS: 05.60.-k Transport processes – / 11.10.Wx Finite-temperature field theory – / 25.75.-q Relativistic heavy-ion collisions –
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