Universality far from equilibrium: from superfluid Bose gases to heavy-ion collisions.

J Berges, K Boguslavski, S Schlichting, R Venugopalan
Author Information
  1. J Berges: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
  2. K Boguslavski: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
  3. S Schlichting: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Department, Building 510A, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
  4. R Venugopalan: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Department, Building 510A, Upton, New York 11973, USA.

Abstract

Isolated quantum systems in extreme conditions can exhibit unusually large occupancies per mode. This overpopulation gives rise to new universality classes of many-body systems far from equilibrium. We present theoretical evidence that important aspects of non-Abelian plasmas in the ultrarelativistic limit admit a dual description in terms of a Bose condensed scalar field theory.

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