Heavy quarks and jets as probes of the QGP

L Apolinário, YJ Lee, M Winn - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP), a QCD state of matter created in ultra-relativistic
heavy-ion collisions, has remarkable properties including, for example, a low shear viscosity …

Studying the QGP with Jets at the LHC and RHIC

L Cunqueiro, AM Sickles - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the current status of jet measurements in heavy-ion collisions at the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We discuss how the …

Measurement of the decay properties and search for the and decays

R Aaij, C Abellán Beteta, T Ackernley, B Adeva… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
An improved measurement of the decay B s 0→ μ+ μ-and searches for the decays B 0→ μ+
μ-and B s 0→ μ+ μ-γ are performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in proton …

[HTML][HTML] 50 Years of quantum chromodynamics: Introduction and Review

F Gross, E Klempt, SJ Brodsky, AJ Buras… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

Bayesian analysis of heavy ion collisions with the heavy ion computational framework Trajectum

G Nijs, W Van Der Schee, U Gürsoy, R Snellings - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We introduce a model for heavy ion collisions named trajectum, which includes an
expanded initial stage with a variable free streaming velocity v fs and a hydrodynamic stage …

The Muon Puzzle in cosmic-ray induced air showers and its connection to the Large Hadron Collider

J Albrecht, L Cazon, H Dembinski, A Fedynitch… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2022 - Springer
High-energy cosmic rays are observed indirectly by detecting the extensive air showers
initiated in Earth's atmosphere. The interpretation of these observations relies on accurate …

Transverse momentum differential global analysis of heavy-ion collisions

G Nijs, W Van Der Schee, U Gürsoy, R Snellings - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The understanding of heavy ion collisions and its quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formation
requires a complicated interplay of rich physics in a wealth of experimental data. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] The present and future of QCD

P Achenbach, D Adhikari, A Afanasev, F Afzal… - Nuclear Physics A, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective
of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 …

Heavy ion collisions: the big picture and the big questions

W Busza, K Rajagopal… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Heavy ion collisions quickly form a droplet of quark–gluon plasma (QGP) with a remarkably
small viscosity. We give an accessible introduction to how to study this smallest and hottest …

Establishing the range of applicability of hydrodynamics in high-energy collisions

VE Ambruş, S Schlichting, C Werthmann - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We simulate the space-time dynamics of high-energy collisions based on a microscopic
kinetic description in the conformal relaxation time approximation, in order to determine the …