Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-08-06
Int.J.Mod.Phys.E16:2555-2594,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
40 pages; based on lectures given at X Hadron Physics in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil, March 26-31, 2007 [another small typo fixe
Scientific paper
10.1142/S021830130700832X
In these lectures, I will attempt a pedagogical and qualitative introduction to the theory of equilibrium and thermalization of quark-gluon plasmas. I assume only that the reader is familiar with quantum field theory at zero temperature and with QCD as the theory of the strong interactions. I focus on the limit of small alpha_s, which in principle should be relevant at extremely high temperature because of asymptotic freedom, and in any case provides a clean theoretical context in which to discuss a variety of phenomena. Topics discussed include the basic equilibrium formalism for finite-temperature quantum field theory, Debye screening, electric deconfinement, magnetic confinement, dimensional reduction, plasma waves, kinetic theory, hydrodynamic properties such as viscosity, the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect, thermalization in (arbitrarily high energy) heavy ion collisions, and QCD plasma instabilities.
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