About this Research Topic
In hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions over energy ranges from a few GeV to tens TeV, many particles are measured in experiments. In hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions, there are also many nuclear fragments to be measured. These particles and fragments reflect the properties of collision mechanism and system evolution, and therefore many scientists engaged in both experiments and theory are attracted to the study of collisions from GeV to TeV energy range.
In high multiplicity events of hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies, it is believed that a new state of matter, i.e. quark-gluon plasma (QGP), is created in the hot, dense environment in experiments performed in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Recently, a new accelerator complex, the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is expected to study properties of a dense baryonic matter in nucleus-nucleus collisions at a few GeV range.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect papers related to particle production and collision system evolution in hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions over wide energy range from a few GeV to tens TeV. The related topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Properties of hot and dense matter
- QGP formation and multiparticle production
- QCD phase diagram at kinetic freeze-out
- Critical energy of phase transition from hadronic matter to QGP
- System size dependence of evolution time
- Energy dependence of evolution time
In high multiplicity events of hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies, it is believed that a new state of matter, i.e. quark-gluon plasma (QGP), is created in the hot, dense environment in experiments performed in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Recently, a new accelerator complex, the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is expected to study properties of a dense baryonic matter in nucleus-nucleus collisions at a few GeV range.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect papers related to particle production and collision system evolution in hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions over wide energy range from a few GeV to tens TeV. The related topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Properties of hot and dense matter
- QGP formation and multiparticle production
- QCD phase diagram at kinetic freeze-out
- Critical energy of phase transition from hadronic matter to QGP
- System size dependence of evolution time
- Energy dependence of evolution time
Keywords: hadron collisions, QCD, QGP, GeV, TeV
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