Strong interaction at Hadronic Colliders

Strong interaction at Hadronic Colliders
Master PhysiqueParcours Subatomic and astroparticle physics

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

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