Jet Tomography

Project description

A slice of the quark-gluon pie

Experiments on heavy-ion collisions (HICs) make it possible to reproduce droplets of matter that filled the universe a microsecond after the Big Bang. These droplets have such high energy density that the quarks and gluons normally confined inside protons and neutrons form a continuous medium. This new state of matter is known as the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Studying QGP evolution is challenging, but hadronic jets, sprays of particles produced by energetic quarks or gluons leaving the QGP droplet, could help provide answers. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the JetT project is developing new theoretical techniques to describe jets and use them for tomographic study of the matter produced in HIC.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical physics
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › dynamical systems
• natural sciences › physical sciences › nuclear physics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › physical cosmology › big bang
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › gluons
• natural sciences › physical sciences › theoretical physics › particle physics › quarks
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

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-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Net EU contribution

€ 172 932,48

Address

Colexio De San Xerome Praza Do Obradoiro S/n
15782 Santiago De Compostela
Spain

Region

Galicia › A Coruña

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00