Hello and welcome.
This page is inteneded for students who want to learn more about the physics of heavy ion collisions. It is a very dynamic area of modern physics on a boundary of Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, where big discoveries happen every few years and where theoretical interpretaions of new phenomena come and disappear faster than it takes to graduate. Heavy Ion physics does not have its standard model, although some start talking about it from time to time. So, do not be surprized that something you read in references here is already outdated. We are moving fast.
Start looking at BNL and CERN pages dedicated to Heavy Ions. A glimps of a historic persepctive can be found in this Courier article. For more comprehensive reading we can suggest this book. For recent review take a look at this one: soft part, hard part.
This is by far not a complete list. We suggest to also look at various Nuclear Physics Schools and Student days of some leading field conferences. Few links can be found below. This should certainly generate questions, do not be shy to ask them.
- List of NNPSS Schools.
- Latest Hot Quarks conference.
- Latest Quark Matter conference.
- Latest Hard Probes conference.
Quark Matter is the leading field conference, organized approximately every 18 months. Browse through pages and find conference agenda, the first day is typically dedicated to students. To find previous conference, check for links in the main page. Hard Probes pages are organized similarly. Hot Quarks is a students conference.
Please take a look at the Intorduciton to Heavy Ion Phyisics, written by undergrad students who did their summer projects in our lab. I hope you find it very useful.