Abstract
We study the dynamics of nonequilibrium instabilities in anisotropically expanding systems. The most prominent example of such a system is the 'Glasma' in the context of relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments, where the expansion is a consequence of approximately boost-invariant initial conditions. Here we consider the problem of parametric resonance in scalar $N$-component quantum field theories with boost-invariant initial conditions, which is similar in spirit. We find that many aspects of the dynamics can be treated analytically by introducing a generalized conformal time. Primary instabilities, which are described by the linearized evolution equations, are seen to lead to a secondary regime of amplifications with strongly enhanced growth rates due to nonlinear corrections. For the secondary instabilities we present a power-counting scheme for weak coupling, and discuss their role for the question of isotropization and the establishment of an equation of state.
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