Selected topics from relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
Code | Completion | Credits | Range |
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02VPJRS | Z,ZK | 3 | 2P+1C |
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- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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The aim of the lecture is to discuss in more depth the physics of the extreme state of the nuclear matter created in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. The course will cover selected topics from the physics of relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. The focus will be put on thermodynamic and statistical physics applications to the high-energy nuclear collisions, as well as the medium description using a hydrodynamic approach. Moreover, the in-medium parton energy loss and a related concept of the jet quenching will be discussed. The course will be complemented with computational exercises.
- Requirements:
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Knowledge of basic course of physics, subatomic and thermodynamic physics.
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Kinematics and invariants in high energy collisions.
2. Nuclear density distributions, geometry of nucleus-nucleus collisions.
3. Thermodynamics in a context of relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
4. Phase diagram of the nuclear matter.
5. Phase transitions in nuclear physics.
6. Basics of the Blast-wave model.
7. Foundations of relativistic hydrodynamics.
8. Analytic solutions of relativistic hydrodynamics.
9. Basics of relativistic viscous hydrodynamics.
10. Hydrodynamic approach to relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
11. Hadronisation and particle abundances in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
12. Basics of a parton in-medium energy loss.
13. Jet quenching in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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Exercises will focus on calculations related to the topics discussed during the lecture.
1. Kinematics and invariants in high energy collisions.
2. Nuclear density distributions, geometry of nucleus-nucleus collisions.
3. Thermodynamics in a context of relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
4. Phase diagram of the nuclear matter.
5. Phase transitions in nuclear physics.
6. Basics of the Blast-wave model.
7. Foundations of relativistic hydrodynamics.
8. Analytic solutions of relativistic hydrodynamics.
9. Basics of relativistic viscous hydrodynamics.
10. Hydrodynamic approach to relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
11. Hadronisation and particle abundances in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
12. Basics of a parton in-medium energy loss.
13. Jet quenching in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
- Study Objective:
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Goals of study: knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the physics of relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions and their theoretical modeling.
- Study materials:
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[1] Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics; Helmut Satz, Lecture Notes in Physics 945, Springer 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-71894-1
[2] Short Course of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, A K Chaudhuri, IOP Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-0-750-31061-1
[3] The CBM Physics Book, Springer 2011
[4] Discoveries at the Frontiers of Science: Springer March 2020
[5] Ramona Vogt, Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Elsevier 2007
- Note:
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Title: Selected topics from relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. 2+1 course
- Further information:
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Jaderná a částicová fyzika (compulsory elective course)