Effective kinetic theory for high temperature gauge theories

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/030MaRDI QIDQ648809zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter B. Arnold, Guy D. Moore, Laurence G. Yaffe

Publication date 29 November 2011

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0209353

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

Abstract: Quasiparticle dynamics in relativistic plasmas associated with hot, weakly-coupled gauge theories (such as QCD at asymptotically high temperature $T$) can be described by an effective kinetic theory, valid on sufficiently large time and distance scales. The appropriate Boltzmann equations depend on effective scattering rates for various types of collisions that can occur in the plasma. The resulting effective kinetic theory may be used to evaluate observables which are dominantly sensitive to the dynamics of typical ultrarelativistic excitations. This includes transport coefficients (viscosities and diffusion constants) and energy loss rates. We show how to formulate effective Boltzmann equations which will be adequate to compute such observables to leading order in the running coupling $g(T)$ of high-temperature gauge theories [and all orders in $1/logg(T{)}^{-1}$]. As previously proposed in the literature, a leading-order treatment requires including both $2<->2$ particle scattering processes as well as effective ``$1<->2$ collinear splitting processes in the Boltzmann equations. The latter account for nearly collinear bremsstrahlung and pair production/annihilation processes which take place in the presence of fluctuations in the background gauge field. Our effective kinetic theory is applicable not only to near-equilibrium systems (relevant for the calculation of transport coefficients), but also to highly non-equilibrium situations, provided some simple conditions on distribution functions are satisfied.

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