Published December 19, 1985
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Journal article
Quark and gluon pair production in SU(N) covariant constant fields
Description
The neutralization rate of covariant constant SU(N) fields due to quark and gluon pair creation is calculated semiclassically including interactions between the produced pair. For SU(3) we find that this rate is remarkably independent of the color orientation in the Cartan subspace. Phenomenological consequences for quark-gluon plasma production in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions are considered. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 165
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 157-161
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 17023879
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COLOR MODEL; DEEP INELASTIC HEAVY ION REACT; FINAL-STATE INTERACTIONS; GLUON MODEL; GLUONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK-ANTIQUARK INTERACTIONS; QUARKS; RELATIVISTIC PLASMA; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SU-3 GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FIELD THEORIES; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PLASMA; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098