Published December 19, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Quark and gluon pair production in SU(N) covariant constant fields

  • 1. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Div. of Nuclear Science

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.)

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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

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098