Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1838059 Nuclear Physics A 2006 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

Due to anisotropic momentum distribution the parton system produced at the early stage of relativistic heavy-ion collisions is unstable with respect to the magnetic plasma modes. The instabilities isotropize the system and thus speed up the process of its equilibration. The scenario of instabilities driven isotropization is reviewed.

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