Nuclear Theory Group
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João Barata Awarded CERN Fellowship
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The theoretical physicist, who works with the Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage to explore high energy and nuclear physics applications of quantum computing, will continue his research at CERN.
Empowering Women to Explore Nuclear Physics
Friday, March 29, 2024
Stony Brook students from the Women in Science and Engineering program got a glimpse into life as a scientist while exploring theoretical and applied nuclear physics.
Cracking the Quantum Code: Simulations Track Entangled Quarks
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Prediction of quantum entanglement in particle jets lays groundwork for experimental tests at particle colliders.
Seeing the Shape of Atomic Nuclei
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
New theoretical work indicates that the future Electron Ion Collider can be used to measure the shape of atomic nuclei.
Packed Crowd Attends Brookhaven Lab's Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan Roll-Out Event
Monday, October 23, 2023
Brookhaven staff host local event to hear about NSAC's 2023 Long Range Plan.
Calculations Predict Surprising Quark Diffusion in Hot Nuclear Matter
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
New calculations suggest that high energy quarks should scatter wider and faster in hot quark matter than can be accounted for by local interactions.
Calculations Reveal High-Resolution View of Quarks Inside Protons
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
A collaboration of nuclear theorists has used supercomputers to predict the spatial distributions of charges, momentum, and other properties of “up” and “down” quarks within protons.
Getting to the Bottom of When the Smallest Meson Melts
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Calculations predict the temperature at which bottomonium melts in the hot matter created in heavy ion collisions.
Calculation Shows Why Heavy Quarks Get Caught up in the Flow
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
New results will help physicists interpret experimental data from particle collisions at RHIC and the LHC and better understand the interactions of quarks and gluons
A Simple Solution for Nuclear Matter in Two Dimensions
Monday, May 22, 2023
Modeling nuclear matter in two dimensions greatly simplifies understanding interactions among “cold,” dense quarks—including in neutron stars.
A Holographic View into Quantum Anomalies
Monday, May 15, 2023
New calculations provide insights into the dynamics of the chiral magnetic effect in heavy ion collisions.
Scientists Find a Common Thread Linking Subatomic Color Glass Condensate and Massive Black Holes
Friday, March 17, 2023
Physicists have discovered a remarkable correspondence between dense states of gluons—the gluelike carriers of the strong nuclear force within atomic nuclei—and enormous black holes in the cosmos.
Hitting Nuclei with Light May Create Fluid Primordial Matter
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
A new analysis supports the idea that particles of light (photons) colliding with heavy ions create a fluid of “strongly interacting” particles
Theorists Propose a Novel Way to Measure Gluons' Orbital Motion
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Theorists have proposed a novel method to experimentally probe the motion of gluons, the particles that hold quarks together inside protons.
Smashing Heavy Nuclei Reveals Proton Size
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Identifying and precisely measuring factors that are sensitive to nucleon size will help physicists more accurately describe the quark-gluon plasma (QGP).
