Abstract
An overview is given on the experimental study of physics with relativistic heavy-ion collisions, with emphasis on recent measurements at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The focus here is laid on p–Pb collisions at the LHC and the corresponding d–Au measurements at RHIC. The topics touched are “collectivity and approach to equilibrium”, “high p T and jets”, “heavy flavour and electroweak bosons” and “search for exotic objects”.
Highlights
Relativistic heavy-ion physics is usually seen as the search for the quarkgluon plasma, a droplet of deconfined matter formed in the very high temperatures of the mentioned collisions which is one of the sequences in the time-evolution of the early universe
An overview is given on the experimental study of physics with relativistic heavy-ion collisions, with emphasis on recent measurements at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)
The big question which is being raised here is: Do we find the forms of equilibrium in smaller systems such as p-Pb?
Summary
Relativistic heavy-ion physics is usually (especially from the outside of the field) seen as the search for the quarkgluon plasma, a droplet of deconfined matter formed in the very high temperatures of the mentioned collisions which is one of the sequences in the time-evolution of the early universe. It is the main aim of the relativistic heavy-ion physics to create the quark-gluon plasma and to study its properties. Do we observe an enhancement of high- pT particles with respect to pp collisions while we see a suppression in Pb-Pb collisions?
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