Eur. Phys. J. A (2007) 31: 875-882
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10284-4

QNP 2006

Scenario of instabilities driven equilibration of the quark-gluon plasma

¹ Institute of Physics, Świetokrzyska Academy, ul. Świetokrzyska 15, PL - 25-406, Kielce, Poland
² Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies, ul. Hoża 69, PL - 00-681, Warsaw, Poland

Received: 18 December 2006
Accepted: 25 December 2006
Published online: 20 March 2007

Abstract

Due to anisotropic momentum distribution the parton system produced at the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions is unstable with respect to the magnetic plasma modes. The instabilities isotropize the system and thus speed up the process of its equilibration. The scenario of instabilities-driven isotropization is reviewed.