From Glasma to Quark Gluon Plasma in heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper discusses the formation and properties of the Glasma in high-energy heavy ion collisions and its role in the thermalization process leading to Quark Gluon Plasma, highlighting potential experimental signatures.

Contribution

It provides a detailed description of Glasma formation, its properties, and its significance for understanding Quark Gluon Plasma thermalization in heavy ion collisions.

Findings

Glasma forms immediately after Color Glass Condensate collision.

Long-range rapidity correlations can reveal Glasma properties.

Insights into thermalization process of Quark Gluon Plasma.

Abstract

When two sheets of Color Glass Condensate collide in a high energy heavy ion collision, they form matter with very high energy densities called the Glasma. We describe how this matter is formed, its remarkable properties and its relevance for understanding thermalization of the Quark Gluon Plasma in heavy ion collisions. Long range rapidity correlations contained in the near side ridge measured in heavy ion collisions may allow one to directly infer the properties of the Glasma.