Topic: Jets and flow in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Speaker: Prof. Guangyou Qin

Coordinates: PCFT C1124, 4pm, Thursday, Apr. 22

Abstract: The primary goal of relativistic heavy-ion collisions is to probe the novel properties of quark-gluon plasma and explore the phase structure of strong-interaction QCD matter at various conditions of temperatures and densities. Jet quenching and collective flow are two most important tools to study the transport properties and evolution dynamics of quark-gluon plasma created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this talk, I will discuss some recent developments in the soft and hard probes of quark-gluon plasma in high-energy nuclear collisions, with the main focus on the theoretical and phenomenological studies of anisotropic flow and jet quenching related to the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider. The origin of the collectivity in small collision systems will be also discussed.