Triple-quark elastic scatterings and thermalization

• Published in: Physics letters. B Vol. 629; no. 2-4; pp. 68 - 76
• Main Authors: Xu, Xiao-Ming, Ru, Peng, Weber, H.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 24.11.2005; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Exact sciences and technology; Nuclear physics; Physics; The physics of elementary particles and fields; Thermalization; Transport equation; Triple-quark scattering; Triple-quark scattering; 24.85.+p; Transport equation; Thermalization; 25.75.Dw; 25.75.Gz; 12.38.Mh; Quark matter; Elastic scattering; Quarks; Scattering amplitudes; Quantum chromodynamics

Triple-quark elastic scattering amplitudes from perturbative QCD are first calculated and then used in a transport equation to study the thermalization of quark matter. By examining momentum isotropy to which the transport equation leads, we can determine thermalization time and offer an initial the...