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Three-gluon to three-gluon scatterings lead to rapid thermalization of gluon matter created in central Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies. Thermalization of quark matter is studied from three-quark to three-quark scatterings.
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Xu, X.M. Triple-gluon and triple-quark elastic scatterings and early thermalization. Eur. Phys. J. A 29, 39–42 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2005-10295-7
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