Objective Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) undergoes a crossover from the hadronic phase at low temperatures T to a quark-gluon plasma (QGP) phase at high T. This crossover and properties of the QGP phase are important for understanding the evolution of the early universe and are being studied by major Heavy Ion Collision (HIC) experiments at RHIC and LHC. The transition temperature and many QGP properties have been determined by Lattice QCD simulations. However, connecting these to experimental remnants of QGP fireballs produced at HICs is not straightforward. Thermal effects will modify the properties of the excitations (mesons and baryons) within the medium. We propose to investigate these in-medium changes using lattice QCD methods, shedding light onto the dynamics of HIC fireballs.Low temperature, high chemical potential phases are another region of the QCD phase diagram, interesting, e.g. for the physics of neutron stars. While this region is not accessible to numerical methods at present, we address the situation of an isospin chemical potential mu_I on the lattice, which also describes important aspects of neutron star cores. We propose to determine baryonic excitations for non-zero mu_I, which can provide a deeper understanding of possible quark matter cores in neutron stars. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomystellar astronomyneutron starsnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsgluonsnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsquarksnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsnumerical analysisnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2016 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF Coordinator UNIVERSITAET REGENSBURG Net EU contribution € 171 460,80 Address UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 31 93053 Regensburg Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberpfalz Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 171 460,80
