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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 296, 2024
30th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2023)
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| Article Number | 13003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | New Theory | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429613003 | |
| Published online | 26 June 2024 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429613003
Study of a longitudinally expanding plasma with the 2PI effective action
Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA/Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
* e-mail: sigtryggur.hauksson@ipht.fr
Published online: 26 June 2024
A central question in heavy-ion collisions is how the initial far-from-equilibrium medium evolves and thermalizes while it undergoes a rapid longitudinal expansion. In this work we use the two-particle irreducible (2PI) effective action for the first time to consider this question, focusing on ϕ4 scalar theory truncated at three loops. We calculate the momentum distribution of quasiparticles in the medium and show that isotropization takes place. We furthermore consider the thermal mass of quasiparticles and the importance of number-changing processes.
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