Quantum entanglement in the initial and final state of relativistic heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper explores how quantum entanglement might explain the thermal-like particle distributions observed in relativistic heavy ion collisions, linking initial quantum states to final outcomes.

Contribution

It introduces the idea that quantum entanglement could account for early thermalization and observed particle distributions in heavy ion collision experiments.

Findings

Quantum entanglement may lead to thermal-like distributions in collision outcomes

Entanglement could connect initial partonic states to final hadronic states

Supports the role of quantum effects in early thermalization processes

Abstract

The possibility of quantum entanglement leading to a seemingly thermal distribution of the initial partonic state that maps to the final hadronic state in the evolution of the deconfined phase generated in relativistic heavy ion collisions is discussed in the context of early thermalization and final state particle distributions obtained in experiments at RHIC and the LHC.