Nature's extreme and smallest liquid -- Quark Gluon Plasma



Relativistic heavy ion collisions have reproduced tiny droplets of more than two trillion degrees of hot liquid that filled the whole universe a few microseconds after the Big Bang -- called Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP).
The initial conditions of QGP are akin to inhomogeneities in the early universe that led to the formation of large-scale structures. The complex liquid expands, then cools and finally produces neutrons and protons and all the matter around us. In this talk, I will discuss on the novel properties of the quark-gluon plasma that we have learned from rigorous experimental and theoretical studies. I will emphasize on theoretical developments on collective flow of QGP and tomography of quark-gluon jets, and possible future directions on framing the nuclear matter phase diagram.

All are cordially invited.