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Thermalization of gluons in spatially homogeneous systems

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arxiv 2206.12376 v2 pith:OPVVTYMT submitted 2022-06-24 hep-ph nucl-th

Thermalization of gluons in spatially homogeneous systems

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keywords thermalizationcoolinginitiallysystemsfindfullgluonshomogeneous
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We investigate thermalization of gluons in spatially homogeneous systems using the Boltzmann equation in diffusion approximation. A complete picture on thermalization is obtained for both initially under- and over-populated systems. In an initially under-populated system, we find that its soft sector undergoes three stages: overheating, cooling/overcooling and reheating before full thermalization is achieved. In an initially over-populated system, we find that its soft sector only undergoes two stages towards full thermalization: overheating and cooling. The cooling stage is consistently driven by momentum broadening due to multiple elastic collisions, manifest as a non-thermal scaling solution.

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