Description

Strong interaction at hadron colliders
Experimental approach of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), especially as seen at hadronic colliders of high energy, like LHC

• Part A – Typical aspects of QCD

1. General reminder : quarks, QCD Lagrangian, chiral symmetry and quark condensate, αs running, CKM matrix
2. Sea of quarks and gluons : Parton Distribution Function PDF ; Deep Inelastic Scattering ; Evolution equations : DGLAP, BFKL ; Nuclear PDF ; Colour Glass Condensate
3. Hadronisation and jets : factorisation theorem ; hadronisation : fragmentation functions, coalescence ; underlying event, multi-parton interactions ; jet reconstruction

• Part B – Physics of Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP)

1. Concepts of a QGP : phase diagram, Bjorken scenario, measured thermodynamic parameters
2. QGP in experiments : experimental facilities, colliding systems (pp, pA, AA), basic observables
3. QGP signatures : hadrochemistry of light-quark flavour (u,d,s), hydrodynamics, heavy-quark flavours (c,b), in-medium energy losses
4. Modern experiments in heavy-ion physics (detector considerations and details)
5. Data analysis : one concrete case

Contacts

Responsable(s) de l'enseignement

• Jérôme Baudot

MCC

Les épreuves indiquées respectent et appliquent le règlement de votre formation, disponible dans l'onglet Documents de la description de la formation.

Régime d'évaluation

CT (Contrôle terminal, mêlé de contrôle continu)

Coefficient

3.0

Évaluation initiale / Session principale - Épreuves

Seconde chance / Session de rattrapage - Épreuves