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Equilibration in phi4 theory in 3+1 dimensions

Alejandro Arrizabalaga, Jan Smit, Anders Tranberg

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0503287

Abstract

The process of equilibration in phi4 theory is investigated for a homogeneous system in 3+1 dimensions and a variety of out-of-equilibrium initial conditions, both in the symmetric and broken phase, by means of the 2PI effective action. Two Phi-derivable approximations including scattering effects are used: the two-loop and the ``basketball'', the latter corresponding to the truncation of the 2PI effective action at O(lambda2). The approach to equilibrium, as well as the kinetic and chemical equilibration is investigated.

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