  In this work, the role of inelastic processes in the formation of a transient
Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) is investigated based on kinetic theory. We
calculate the condensation rate for an overpopulated gluon system which is
assumed to be in thermal equilibrium and with the presence of a BEC. The matrix
elements of the inelastic processes are chosen as the isotropic one and the
gluons are considered to have a finite mass. Our calculations indicate that the
inelastic processes can hinder the formation of a BEC since the negatively
infinite net condensation rate can destroy any BEC instantly.
