Physicists at MIT and UCSB refine theory for quark-gluon plasma structure
Researchers at MIT and the University of California Santa Barbara have developed a new theory to describe the microscopic structure of quark-gluon plasma created in particle accelerators.
Scientists recreate early universe conditions
Physicists smash ions together at near light speed to create droplets of plasma. These collisions generate matter that existed for a few microseconds after the Big Bang. The resulting fluid lasts only tens of septillionths of a second before cooling.
New theory addresses Einstein limits
Previous models based on 1905 physics could not capture interactions within this extreme environment. The new framework accounts for particle behaviors that cause standard theories to break down. This work allows scientists to better understand the fluid formed in these collisions.
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