Heavy quarks and jets as probes of the QGP

L Apolinário, YJ Lee, M Winn - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP), a QCD state of matter created in ultra-relativistic
heavy-ion collisions, has remarkable properties including, for example, a low shear viscosity …

Overview of high-density QCD studies with the CMS experiment at the LHC

CMS collaboration - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
We review key measurements performed by CMS in the context of its heavy ion physics
program, using event samples collected in 2010–2018 with several collision systems and …

New CTEQ global analysis of quantum chromodynamics with high-precision data from the LHC

TJ Hou, J Gao, TJ Hobbs, K **e, S Dulat, M Guzzi… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We present the new parton distribution functions (PDFs) from the CTEQ-TEA collaboration,
obtained using a wide variety of high-precision Large Hadron Collider (LHC) data, in …

Reheating and post-inflationary production of dark matter

MAG Garcia, K Kaneta, Y Mambrini, KA Olive - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We perform a systematic analysis of dark matter production during postinflationary
reheating. Following the period of exponential expansion, the inflaton begins a period of …

Measurement of quarkonium production in proton–lead and proton–proton collisions at with the ATLAS detector

M Aaboud, G Aad, B Abbott, J Abdallah… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
The modification of the production of J/ψ J/ψ, ψ (2 S) ψ (2 S), and\varUpsilon (n S) Υ (n S)(n=
1, 2, 3 n= 1, 2, 3) in p+ Pb collisions with respect to their production in pp collisions has been …

GeV-scale thermal WIMPs: Not even slightly ruled out

RK Leane, TR Slatyer, JF Beacom, KCY Ng - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long reigned as one of the leading
classes of dark matter candidates. The observed dark matter abundance can be naturally …

Nuclear parton distribution functions after the first decade of LHC data

M Klasen, H Paukkunen - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We present a review of the conceptual basis, current knowledge, and recent progress
regarding global analysis of nuclear parton distribution functions (PDFs). After introducing …

The Future of US Particle Physics--The Snowmass 2021 Energy Frontier Report

M Narain, L Reina, A Tricoli, M Begel, A Belloni… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This report, as part of the 2021 Snowmass Process, summarizes the current status of collider
physics at the Energy Frontier, the broad and exciting future prospects identified for the …

Impact of heavy quark and quarkonium data on nuclear gluon PDFs

P Duwentäster, T Ježo, M Klasen, K Kovařík, A Kusina… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
A clear understanding of nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) plays a crucial role in
the interpretation of collider data taken at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the Large …

Future physics opportunities for high-density QCD at the LHC with heavy-ion and proton beams

Z Citron, A Dainese, JF Grosse-Oetringhaus… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
The future opportunities for high-density QCD studies with ion and proton beams at the LHC
are presented. Four major scientific goals are identified: the characterisation of the …