Theoretical subatomic physics
Theoretical subatomic physics
Understanding Quark Matter, Jens O. Andersen. Photo: Per Henning/NTNUWe are working on quark-gluon plasma (QCD) in extreme conditions, i.e. QCD at high temperature and density, as well as QCD in strong magnetic fields.
This is relevant for the early universe, compact stars, and heavy-ion collisions at The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Research topics
Thermal QCD in extreme conditions, such as high temperature and high density
If hadronic matter is heated, it is expected to undergo a phase transition to a new state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma.