The Chromo–Weibel instability is a
plasma instability
The stability of a plasma is an important consideration in the study of plasma physics. When a system containing a plasma is at equilibrium, it is possible for certain parts of the plasma to be disturbed by small perturbative forces acting on it. ...
present in homogeneous or nearly homogeneous
non-abelian plasmas which possess an anisotropy in momentum space. In the linear limit it is similar to the
Weibel instability in electromagnetic plasmas but due to non-linear interactions present in non-abelian plasmas the late development of this instability is characterized by a
turbulent
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to a laminar flow, which occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between t ...
cascade of modes. This instability is relevant in the understanding of the early-time dynamics of the
quark-gluon plasma as produced in
heavy-ion collisions
High-energy nuclear physics studies the behavior of nuclear matter in energy regimes typical of high-energy physics. The primary focus of this field is the study of heavy-ion collisions, as compared to lighter atoms in other particle accelerato ...
.
See also
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Weibel instability
References
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Quantum chromodynamics
Plasma instabilities
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