Heavy ion theory: Review of recent developments with a first principles bias
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-11-05 v1
Abstract
We discuss a number of prominent theoretical challenges in the physics of ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions, and review some recent attempts to tackle them. These examples cover most stages of the collision process, but emphasis is given to approaches that rely on first principles methods or well-established Effective Field Theory frameworks. The topics discussed in most detail include the early dynamics of a collision as well as the properties of quark gluon plasma in thermal equilibrium.
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@article{arxiv.1511.01273,
title = {Heavy ion theory: Review of recent developments with a first principles bias},
author = {Aleksi Vuorinen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01273},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
15 pages, 6 figures. Invited contribution to the proceedings of the International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies, 17-22 August 2015, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia