Charmonia melting in magnetic fields: another view on the quark-gluon plasma

• Grant number: 19/23514-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2021
• End date: July 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Agreement: Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Gastão Inácio Krein
• Grantee: Gastão Inácio Krein
• Principal researcher abroad: David Dudal
• Institution abroad: University of Leuven, Kulak Kortrijk (KU Leuven) , Belgium
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo
• Associated research grant: 18/25225-9 - São Paulo Research and Analysis Center, AP.ESP

Abstract

Many thrilling aspects of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) can be probed in the laboratory in experiments involving heavy ion collisions. In particular, this kind of experiment aims to reproduce some of the features of the matter generated instants after the Big Bang: the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). In addition to the high temperature and eventual chemical potential, a huge magnetic field is produced during peripheral collisions. In this work we propose to investigate how the magnetic field affect an important quantity in this scenario: the melting of charmonia, considered to be one of the main observables of the QGP. (AU)