QCD Matter in Extreme Conditions
Main funder
Funder's project number: 338263
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 447 650,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/09/2021
Project end date: 31/08/2026
Summary
In this project the properties of the nuclear matter with emergent non-linear effects at extremely large gluon densities are theoretically determined. This is achieved by studying the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), describing the strong interactions between quarks and gluons, at high energies.
We develop the effective field theory approach to describe QCD at high energies to the new level of accuracy where precision studies at next-to-leading order (NLO) in perturbation theory are possible. These developments combined with our new computational approaches allow us to figure out whether the non-linear effects are visible in current collider experiments, and also to determine how the nuclear structure at high energies is affected by the non-linear QCD dynamics.
We take the advantage of the latest developments in the LHC experiments, where photon-nucleus interactions are measured in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions, and constrain the event-by-event fluctuating structure of protons and nuclei at high energies. We also determine which observables in the next generation Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) are most powerful in probing the properties of the nuclear matter at extremely large parton densities and develop the CGC theory to the level where precision level studies are possible in the future EIC.
The obtained detailed description of the partonic structure of nuclei is applied to describe the initial stages of the collisions of heavy nuclei. In such events, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) is produced, and description of the initial state is a crucial input for hydrodynamical modelling of the plasma evolution. We determine how the extraction of QGP properties is affected by the obtained new picture of the initial state, and if the observed signatures of collective phenomena seen in collisions of small systems at the LHC can be explained by the rigorously constrained initial state effects. We also figure out which measurements in the future EIC are most powerful in constraining the unknown aspects of the initial state of QGP formation, and estimate the effect of EIC measurements on the interpretation of the LHC high multiplicity events.
We develop the effective field theory approach to describe QCD at high energies to the new level of accuracy where precision studies at next-to-leading order (NLO) in perturbation theory are possible. These developments combined with our new computational approaches allow us to figure out whether the non-linear effects are visible in current collider experiments, and also to determine how the nuclear structure at high energies is affected by the non-linear QCD dynamics.
We take the advantage of the latest developments in the LHC experiments, where photon-nucleus interactions are measured in ultraperipheral heavy ion collisions, and constrain the event-by-event fluctuating structure of protons and nuclei at high energies. We also determine which observables in the next generation Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) are most powerful in probing the properties of the nuclear matter at extremely large parton densities and develop the CGC theory to the level where precision level studies are possible in the future EIC.
The obtained detailed description of the partonic structure of nuclei is applied to describe the initial stages of the collisions of heavy nuclei. In such events, the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) is produced, and description of the initial state is a crucial input for hydrodynamical modelling of the plasma evolution. We determine how the extraction of QGP properties is affected by the obtained new picture of the initial state, and if the observed signatures of collective phenomena seen in collisions of small systems at the LHC can be explained by the rigorously constrained initial state effects. We also figure out which measurements in the future EIC are most powerful in constraining the unknown aspects of the initial state of QGP formation, and estimate the effect of EIC measurements on the interpretation of the LHC high multiplicity events.
Principal Investigator
Primary responsible unit
Profiling area: Accelerator and Subatomic Physics (University of Jyväskylä JYU)
Related publications and other outputs
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- Diffractive Scattering at Next-to-leading Order in the Dipole Picture (2023) Mäntysaari, H.; A4; OA
- Diffractive Structure Function in the Dipole Picture (2023) Beuf, G.; et al.; A4; OA
- High-energy dipole scattering amplitude from evolution of low-energy proton light-cone wave functions (2023) Dumitru, Adrian; et al.; A1; OA
- Multiscale Imaging of Nuclear Deformation at the Electron-Ion Collider (2023) Mäntysaari, Heikki; et al.; A1; OA
- Proton Structure Functions at Next-to-Leading Order in the Dipole Picture with Massive Quarks (2023) Hänninen, Henri; et al.; A1; OA
- Rapidity gap distribution of diffractive small-xp events at HERA and at the EIC (2023) Lappi, Tuomas; et al.; A1; OA
- Stronger C-odd color charge correlations in the proton at higher energy (2023) Dumitru, Adrian; et al.; A1; OA
- Bayesian inference of the fluctuating proton shape (2022) Mäntysaari, Heikki; et al.; A1; OA
- Complete calculation of exclusive heavy vector meson production at next-to-leading order in the dipole picture (2022) Mäntysaari, Heikki; et al.; A1; OA
- Cubic color charge correlator in a proton made of three quarks and a gluon (2022) Dumitru, Adrian; et al.; A1; OA
