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Hawking-Unruh phenomenon in the parton language

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Inelastic hadron interactions at high energies are accompanied by a pulse of a strong chromo-electric field. This field leads to the decay of QCD vacuum which proceeds through the emission of partons with a thermal spectrum. In a semi-classical treatment, the effective temperature of the spectrum is determined by the acceleration of partons in the classical chromo-electric field, in accord with the general arguments given by Hawking and Unruh.

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Kharzeev, D. Hawking-Unruh phenomenon in the parton language. Eur. Phys. J. A 29, 83–87 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10302-1

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