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Initial state in heavy ion collisions
Tuomas LappiTuomas Lappisubject
PhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsta114010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringheavy ion collisionsObservableCollision01 natural sciencesquark gluon plasmaquantum chromodynamics0103 physical sciencesQuark–gluon plasmaParticle010306 general physicsFocus (optics)Parametrizationdescription
Abstract We briefly review advances in understanding the initial stages of a heavy ion collision. In particular the focus is on moving from parametrizing the initial state to calculating its properties from QCD, consistently with the description of hard probes and dilute-dense scattering experiments. Modeling the event-by-event fluctuating nuclear geometry in initial state calculations has significantly improved in recent years. We also discuss prospects of directly seeing effects of particle correlations created in the initial state in the experimental observables.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings |