The European Physical Journal A (EPJ A)

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Editorial

Foreword p. XI

A. Rebhan and T. S. Bıró

Published online: 05 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-10078-8

Signs of thermalization from RHIC experiments p. 1

G. Odyniec

Published online: 08 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10287-7

Heavy quarks and heavy quarkonia as tests of thermalization p. 7

J. L. Nagle

Published online: 01 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10288-6

Strange-quark collectivity of the φ-meson at RHIC p. 11

J. H. Chen, Y. G. Ma, G. L. Ma, H. Z. Huang, X. Z. Cai, Z. J. He, J. L. Long, W. Q. Shen and J. X. Zuo

Published online: 04 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10289-5

Formation of charmonium states in heavy-ion collisions and thermalization of charm p. 15

R. L. Thews

Published online: 01 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10290-0

What can we learn from hydrodynamic analysis at RHIC? p. 19

T. Hirano

Published online: 02 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10291-y

NeXSPheRIO results on elliptic flow at RHIC and connection with thermalization p. 23

R. Andrade, F. Grassi, Y. Hama, T. Kodama, O. Socolowski jr. and B. Tavares

Published online: 30 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10292-x

Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data p. 27

N. Borghini

Published online: 06 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10293-9

Thermalization of gluons at RHIC: Dependence on initial conditions p. 33

Z. Xu and C. Greiner

Published online: 24 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10294-8

Triple-gluon and triple-quark elastic scatterings and early thermalization p. 39

X. -M. Xu

Published online: 29 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10295-7

Isotropization and thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 43

Yu. V. Kovchegov

Published online: 23 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10296-6

A modified “bottom-up” thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 49

A. H. Mueller, A. I. Shoshi and S. M. H. Wong

Published online: 25 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10297-5

Numerical studies of QGP instabilities and implications p. 53

G. D. Moore

Published online: 06 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10298-4

Visualizing color plasma instabilities p. 59

M. Strickland

Published online: 03 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10299-3

Numerical simulation of non-Abelian particle-field dynamics p. 65

A. Dumitru and Y. Nara

Published online: 03 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10300-3

Signals of a Weibel instability in the melting color glass condensate p. 71

P. Romatschke and R. Venugopalan

Published online: 23 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10304-y

Transport coefficients of strongly coupled gauge theories: Insights from string theory p. 77

A. O. Starinets

Published online: 03 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10301-2

Hawking-Unruh phenomenon in the parton language p. 83

D. Kharzeev

Published online: 30 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10302-1

Production of quark pairs from classical gluon fields p. 89

F. Gelis, K. Kajantie and T. Lappi

Published online: 24 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10303-0

Nonequilibrium quantum fields from first principles p. 95

J. Berges and S. Borsányi

Published online: 29 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10305-x

Kinetic and chemical equilibration in scalar ϕtheory^⋆ p. 101

A. Arrizabalaga

Published online: 01 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10306-9

Hadronization of expanding QGP p. 107

J. Rafelski and J. Letessier

Published online: 29 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10307-8

Rapidity equilibration in d + Au and Au + Au systems p. 113

G. Wolschin

Published online: 28 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10308-7

The thermal model and the transition from baryonic to mesonic freeze-out p. 119

J. Cleymans, H. Oeschler, K. Redlich and S. Wheaton

Published online: 31 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10309-6

The role of noise and dissipation in the hadronization of the quark-gluon plasma p. 123

E. S. Fraga

Published online: 04 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10310-1

Transverse energy and charged-particle multiplicity at various centralities at RHIC: Statistical model estimates^⋆ p. 127

D. Prorok

Published online: 30 August 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10311-0

Non-perturbative renormalization of Φ-derivable approximations in theories with multiple fields p. 129

U. Reinosa

Published online: 01 September 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10312-y

EPJ

The European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei

Volume 29 / No 1 (July 2006)

Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization

Foreword p. XI

Signs of thermalization from RHIC experiments p. 1

Heavy quarks and heavy quarkonia as tests of thermalization p. 7

Strange-quark collectivity of the φ-meson at RHIC p. 11

Formation of charmonium states in heavy-ion collisions and thermalization of charm p. 15

What can we learn from hydrodynamic analysis at RHIC? p. 19

NeXSPheRIO results on elliptic flow at RHIC and connection with thermalization p. 23

Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data p. 27

Thermalization of gluons at RHIC: Dependence on initial conditions p. 33

Triple-gluon and triple-quark elastic scatterings and early thermalization p. 39

Isotropization and thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 43

A modified “bottom-up” thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 49

Numerical studies of QGP instabilities and implications p. 53

Visualizing color plasma instabilities p. 59

Numerical simulation of non-Abelian particle-field dynamics p. 65

Signals of a Weibel instability in the melting color glass condensate p. 71

Transport coefficients of strongly coupled gauge theories: Insights from string theory p. 77

Hawking-Unruh phenomenon in the parton language p. 83

Production of quark pairs from classical gluon fields p. 89

Nonequilibrium quantum fields from first principles p. 95

Kinetic and chemical equilibration in scalar ϕtheory^⋆ p. 101

Hadronization of expanding QGP p. 107

Rapidity equilibration in d + Au and Au + Au systems p. 113

The thermal model and the transition from baryonic to mesonic freeze-out p. 119

The role of noise and dissipation in the hadronization of the quark-gluon plasma p. 123

Transverse energy and charged-particle multiplicity at various centralities at RHIC: Statistical model estimates^⋆ p. 127

Non-perturbative renormalization of Φ-derivable approximations in theories with multiple fields p. 129

Conference announcements

EPJ

The European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei

Volume 29 / No 1 (July 2006)

Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization

Foreword p. XI

Signs of thermalization from RHIC experiments p. 1

Heavy quarks and heavy quarkonia as tests of thermalization p. 7

Strange-quark collectivity of the φ-meson at RHIC p. 11

Formation of charmonium states in heavy-ion collisions and thermalization of charm p. 15

What can we learn from hydrodynamic analysis at RHIC? p. 19

NeXSPheRIO results on elliptic flow at RHIC and connection with thermalization p. 23

Hints of incomplete thermalization in RHIC data p. 27

Thermalization of gluons at RHIC: Dependence on initial conditions p. 33

Triple-gluon and triple-quark elastic scatterings and early thermalization p. 39

Isotropization and thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 43

A modified “bottom-up” thermalization in heavy-ion collisions p. 49

Numerical studies of QGP instabilities and implications p. 53

Visualizing color plasma instabilities p. 59

Numerical simulation of non-Abelian particle-field dynamics p. 65

Signals of a Weibel instability in the melting color glass condensate p. 71

Transport coefficients of strongly coupled gauge theories: Insights from string theory p. 77

Hawking-Unruh phenomenon in the parton language p. 83

Production of quark pairs from classical gluon fields p. 89

Nonequilibrium quantum fields from first principles p. 95

Kinetic and chemical equilibration in scalar ϕtheory⋆ p. 101

Hadronization of expanding QGP p. 107

Rapidity equilibration in d + Au and Au + Au systems p. 113

The thermal model and the transition from baryonic to mesonic freeze-out p. 119

The role of noise and dissipation in the hadronization of the quark-gluon plasma p. 123

Transverse energy and charged-particle multiplicity at various centralities at RHIC: Statistical model estimates⋆ p. 127

Non-perturbative renormalization of Φ-derivable approximations in theories with multiple fields p. 129

Conference announcements

Kinetic and chemical equilibration in scalar ϕtheory^⋆ p. 101

Transverse energy and charged-particle multiplicity at various centralities at RHIC: Statistical model estimates^⋆ p. 127