Pre-Equilibrium Evolution of QCD Plasma :An Appraisal

We discuss, in this review, the existing models for the production of QGP in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions. We shall try to give a brief description of the models available for the pre-equilibrium production of QGP, ranging from soft process dominated QCD regime to the pQCD dominated regime. We also present the estimates for the initial energy density, the temperature and the thermalisation time -- available from each of these studies. Finally, we shall address the questions regarding thermalisation, color equilibration and chemical equilibration of the produced QGP in different experimental facilities.Comment: 15 pages, Latex, 3 figure

Renormalisation Group Improved Thermal Coupling Constant In An External Field

Starting from renormalised Effective Lagrangian, in the presence of an external Chromo-Electric field at finite temperature, the expression for thermal coupling constant ($\alpha = (g^2)/(4 \pi)$) as a function of temperature and external field is derived, using finite temperature two parameter renormalisation group equation of Matsumoto, Nakano and Umezawa. For some values of the parameters, the coupling constant is seen to be approaching a value $\sim unity$.Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 2 figure

Controlled engineering of spin polarized transport properties in a zigzag graphene nanojunction

We investigate a novel way to manipulate the spin polarized transmission in a two terminal zigzag graphene nanoribbon in presence of Rashba spin-orbit (SO) interaction with circular shaped cavity engraved into it. A usual technique to control the spin polarized transport behaviour of a nanoribbon can be achieved by tuning the strength of the SO coupling, while we show that an efficient engineering of the spin polarized transport properties can also be done via cavities of different radii engraved in the nanoribbon. Simplicity of the technique in creating such cavities in the experiments renders an additional handle to explore transport properties as a function of the location of the cavity in the nanoribbon. Further, a systematic assessment of the interplay of the Rashba interaction and the dimensions of the nanoribbon is presented. These results should provide useful input to the spintronic behaviour of such devices. In addition to the spin polarization, we have also included an interesting discussion on the charge transmission properties of the nanoribbon, where, in absence of any SO interaction a metal-insulator transition induced by the presence of a cavity is observed.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures (Accepted in Europhysics Letters