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M. Attems, A. Rebhan, M. Strickland:
"Kinetic models of ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions";
Talk: Vienna Theory Lunch Seminar at University of Vienna, Wien, Österreich; 2013-05-07.

Ultrarelativistic heavy ion collision experiments probe strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions. The theory of the strong interaction quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predicts the creation of a Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) in such collisions. The theoretical description of the QGP dynamical evolution requires a wide range of tools. The initial condition of the nuclei before the collision as well as the gluon dynamics right after the collision is governed by Yang-Mills dynamics. Soon after the collision the system reaches local equilibrium and hydrodynamics describes the expansion. As the system gets more dilute, hadronic kinetic theory models become applicable. Progress on studies of the non-Abelian plasma instabilities for early stage dynamics and first results from a new pion gas implementation will be presented.