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Kinetic equation for gluons in the background gauge of QCD
1Institute für Theoretische Physik, J. W. Goethe-Universität, D-60054 Frankfurt, Germany. qwang@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Physical Review Letters
|April 17, 2002
Abstract:
We derive the quantum kinetic equation for a pure gluon plasma, applying the background field and closed-time-path method. The derivation is more general and transparent than earlier works. A term in the equation is found which, as in the classical case, corresponds to the color charge precession for partons moving in the gauge field.