  We report on a new equilibration scenario in relativistic heavy ion
collisions, the scenario of the Increasingly Strongly Interacting Parton
Plasma, and the effects of this scenario on equilibration and open charm,
photon and dilepton production. The parton plasma is shown to be a very special
kind of many-body system, which contains new physics concerning the approach
towards equilibrium. This is likely to be unique to the parton plasma.
