Exploring the quantum chromodynamics phase diagram: from hadrons and nuclei to matter under extreme conditions (HADNUCMAT)

Relativistic heavy-ion collisions: from the initial to the final state

26 Jan 2026, 15:35

20m

1st floor room V12M (Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona)

Talks

Speaker

Juan Torres-Rincon (ICCUB)

Description

I will introduce the stages of relativistic heavy-ion collisions, with particular emphasis on the initial state and the characterization of the final hadronic outcome.
For the initial state, I will connect to the HADNUCMAT project, which studies nuclear deformation and its relevance in heavy-ion physics.
Concerning the final state, I will emphasize the application of femtoscopy correlation functions of final-state hadrons produced in proton-proton and ion-ion collisions, and connect to the HADNUCMAT femtoscopy project carried out by the PhD student Marc Piquer. He will conclude the talk by discussing baryon-baryon femtoscopy and the application of machine-learning techniques.