Partha Bagchi

Jul 11, 2024 | link.aps.org | Arpan Das |Science Pilani |Pilani Campus |Partha Bagchi

In high multiplicity proton-proton (p−p) collisions, the formation of a deconfined state of quarks and gluons akin to heavy ion collisions (HIC) has been a subject of significant interest. In proton-proton (p−p) collisions, the transverse size of the system is comparable to the longitudinal (Lorentz contracted) dimension, unlike the case in a nucleus-nucleus (A−A) collision, leading to a hitherto unexplored effect of rapid decrease of temperature of the medium on quark-antiquark bound states.