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arxiv: 0804.0275 · v3 · submitted 2008-04-02 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph

Unstable Quark-Gluon Plasma at LHC

classification ⚛️ nucl-th hep-ph
keywords instabilitiesplasmaquark-gluonunstablearguedchromomagneticcollisionsconsidered
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Coupling of the quark-gluon plasma from the early stage of heavy-ion collisions is argued to be weaker at LHC than at RHIC. For this reason, the role of instabilities - the pre-equilibrium plasma is unstable with respect to chromomagnetic modes - will be enhanced. The instabilities isotropize the system and speed up the process of equilibration. A possibility to observe direct signals of the instabilities is considered.

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