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    "abstract": "We investigate the space-time structure of the classical gluon field produced\nin an ultrarelativistic collision between color charges. The classical solution\nwhich was computed previously in a perturbative approach is shown to become\nunstable on account of the non-Abelian self-interaction neglected in the\nperturbative solution scheme. The time scale for growth of the instabilities is\nfound to be of the order of the distance between the colliding color charges.\nWe argue that these instabilities will eventually lead to thermalization of\ngluons produced in an ultrarelativistic collision between heavy nuclei. The\nrate of thermalization is estimated to be of order $g^2 \\mu$, where $g$ is the\nstrong coupling constant and $\\mu^2$ the transverse color charge density of an\nultrarelativistic nucleus.",
    "arxiv_id": "nucl-th/9708053",
    "authors": [
      "S. G. Matinyan",
      "B. Mueller",
      "D. H. Rischke"
    ],
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      "nucl-th"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevC.57.1927",
    "journal_ref": "Phys.Rev.C57:1927-1937,1998",
    "title": "Classical Gluon Radiation in Ultrarelativistic Nuclear Collisions:   Space-Time Structure, Instabilities, and Thermalization",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9708053"
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