Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1839070 Nuclear Physics A 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

An iterative proceedure is proposed to compute the classical gauge field produced in the collision of two heavy nuclei. The leading order is obtained by linearizing the Yang-Mills equations in the light-cone gauge, and provides a simple formula for gluon production in nucleus-nucleus collisions. At this order kt–factorization breaks down.

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