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arxiv: 1302.1313 · v2 · pith:CRU4O4FLnew · submitted 2013-02-06 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph· nucl-ex

Non-Abelian color fields from relativistic color charge configurations in the classical limit

classification ⚛️ nucl-th hep-phnucl-ex
keywords colornon-abelianfieldschargeadditionalchargeschromoelectricchromomagnetic
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We study the dynamics of color fields as generated by simple configurations of relativistic particles with Abelian and non-Abelian (SU(2)) charges in the classical limit. We find that chromodynamic (non-Abelian) systems generally show Coulomb-like features by analogy with electrodynamics. A peculiar feature in the non-Abelian case is the additional strength of the chromoelectric and chromomagnetic fields caused by the contribution of changing the color charge. This change of color SU(2) charges results in a rotation of the color vector which is getting very fast at close partonic distances. The presence of this non-Abelian additional term in the chromoelectric and chromomagnetic fields creates a 'color charge glow', which is manifested as a distinct color wave disturbance arising due to the finite distance at which the color interaction becomes active. This situation may be relevant to the hadronization phase in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, where the partonic state is governed by strong local color fluctuations.

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