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Effect of Longitudinal Fluctuations of 3D Weizsäcker-Williams Field on Pressure Isotropization of Glasma
Hidefumi Matsuda1, Xu-Guang Huang1,2,3
1Physics Department and Center for Particle Physics and Field Theory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Abstract:
We investigate the effects of boost invariance breaking on the isotropization of pressure in the glasma, using a 3+1D glasma simulation. The breaking is attributed to spatial fluctuations in the classical color charge density along the collision axis. We present numerical results for pressure and energy density at mid-rapidity and across a wider rapidity region. It is found that, despite varying longitudinal correlation lengths, the behaviors of the pressure isotropizations are qualitatively similar. The numerical results suggest that, in the initial stage, longitudinal color electromagnetic fields develop, similar to those in the boost invariant glasma. Subsequently, these fields evolve into a dilute glasma, expanding longitudinally in a manner akin to a dilute gas. We also show that the energy density at mid-rapidity exhibits a 1/τ decay in the dilute glasma stage.
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