13–14 Dec 2025
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science JU
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Quantum mechanics in heavy-ion collisions

14 Dec 2025, 12:20
15m
A-1-06 (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science JU)

A-1-06

Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science JU

ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 11 30-348 Kraków

Speaker

Leonardo Tinti (Jan Kochanowski University)

Description

In the standard picture of heavy-ion collisions, it seems that a large part of the evolution of the produced fireball can be described in terms of classcal theories: relativistic hydrodynaics, the relativistic Boltzmann equation. The quantum effects seem to be restrivcted to the very initial stages, and the computation of some material properties, for instance the transport coefficients.
Recent results highlight that the quantum corrections are, in fact, large. The succes of such classical models can be explained within quantum field theory.

Primary author

Leonardo Tinti (Jan Kochanowski University)

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