Abstract
We use a form of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem to derive formulae giving the rate of production of spin-1/2 baryons in terms of the fluctuations of either meson or quark fields. When evaluated in a thermal ensemble we find 1/e equilibration times on the order of 10 fm c-1 near the critical temperature in QCD.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | S351-S356 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2004 |