Collision Rate and Symmetry Factor in Gluon Plasma
Abstract
The elastic and inelastic collision rates in a gluon gas are calculated. The symmetry factor and the phase space integral are discussed in detail. With a symmetry factor and well constrained phase space, the same result can be obtained as that of the full phase space without the factor. Such an equivalence is illustrated by analytic and numerical calculations for gg → gg and gg → ggg processes.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/422/1/012007
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1302.0928
- Bibcode:
- 2013JPhCS.422a2007D
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Rencontres du Vietnam workshop: Heavy Ion Collisions in the LHC Era, July 16-20, 2012, Quy Nhon, Vietnam