Quark production and thermalization of the longitudinally boost-invariant quark-gluon plasma
S.B. Cabodevila*, X. Du, B. Wu and C. Salgado
*: corresponding author
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Pre-published on: December 17, 2024
Published on: April 29, 2025
Abstract
We use the Boltzmann Equation in Diffusion Approximation (BEDA) as a tool to explore the
time evolution of an initially out-of-equilibrium and highly occupied expanding system of gluons.
We study the hydrodynamization of this system as well as the quark production until chemical
equilibration is established. A comprehensive study of such processes will be presented based
on parametrical estimations in the weak-coupling limit, similar to those employed for bottom-up
thermalization in pure gluon systems, as well as complementary numerical solutions of the BEDA.
Our studies provide a better understanding of the underlying processes involved in the different
stages of the evolution.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.476.0628
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