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Quantum Transport Theory

Peter A. Henning

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9510315

Abstract

The problem of thermalization of a quark -- gluon plasma is addressed in the framework of thermal field theory. Within a simple approximation, the full quantum relaxation problem is solved and compared to the Boltzmann solution. Memory effects and a slowdown of the relaxation process are the results, they can be partially described by using a generalized kinetic equation without quasi-particle approximation.

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