Topic description

The project aims to deepen our theoretical understanding of a deconfined state of matter, the quark–gluon plasma (QGP), produced in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Because the QGP exists for only an extremely short time, it cannot be studied with external probes. Instead, we will use jets, collimated sprays of particles also created in these collisions, to explore the QGP's dynamics.



The main goal is to understand how jets are modified by their interactions with the QGP compared to jets in proton-proton collisions, where no QGP is formed. In particular, the project will investigate how different aspects of QGP dynamics are imprinted in a novel class of observables called energy correlators. These observables have quickly become a hot topic in the field, attracting strong theoretical and experimental interest, because they provide a direct link between quantum field theory and measurements at the LHC.



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