The seminar will take place on 7 September at 15:00 val. at NFTMC D401.
The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Michal P. Heller (Ghent University and Jagiellonian University).
Abstract
Nuclear collisions at the RHIC and LHC pose the question of whether matter can thermalize over the extremely short timescales probed in these experiments. One of the leading theoretical explanations for such rapid thermalization is the emergence of attractor phenomena, including nonthermal fixed points and hydrodynamic attractors.
However, searching for these attractors in nuclear collisions is challenging: they emerge in transient dynamical regimes, while experimentally measured observables are primarily sensitive to the properties of the final state.
In this talk, Prof. Heller will discuss the current state of the field and show how cold-atom systems have already confirmed some theoretical predictions concerning these attractors. He will also discuss how present and future experiments can further advance this research program.
The seminar will be held in English.
The seminar will be moderated by Prof. Gediminas Juzeliūnas.
This seminar is part of the "Sunrise Valley Quantum Research Seminars" series.
Organisers: Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University and Center for Physical Sciences and Technology.
