RIKEN/BNL Lunch Time Talk
"Bose-Einstein Condensation, Isotropization, and Thermalization in Overpopulated Systems"
Presented by Jinfeng Liao, Indiana University / RBRC
Thursday, February 12, 2015, 12:30 pm
Building 510 Room 2-160
Hosted by: Tomomi Ishikawa
We discuss recent progress, using the kinetic theory framework, in understanding the non-equilibrium evolution of overpopulated systems that resemble the glasma during the early stage of heavy ion collisions. We analyze a number of important factors that influence the course of thermalization in such systems, and in particular their consequences for the nontrivial dynamics driving Bose-Einstein Condensation as well as the isotropization. We discuss recent progress, using the kinetic theory framework, in understanding the non-equilibrium evolution of overpopulated systems that resemble the glasma during the early stage of heavy ion collisions. We analyze a number of important factors that influence the course of thermalization in such systems, and in particular their consequences for the nontrivial dynamics driving Bose-Einstein Condensation as well as the isotropization.