TOPIC III: Initial Conditions and First Collisions

Reading assignment for this lesson

Glauber Modeling in High Energy Nuclear Collisions M.Miller et al. nucl-ex/0701025

Heavy Ion Jet Interaction Generator (HIJING) X.N.Wang LBL 34236 (Read only the LongWrite-up)

Parton Cascade Model (VNI) K. Geiger hep-ph/9701226 (Read only the Long Write-up)

The Color Glass Condensate: an Introduction E. Iancu et al.,hep-ph/0202270