3 papers
hep-ph2025
Open heavy-flavor transport and hadronization in heavy-ion collisions
Yu Fu, Tharun Krishna, Weiyao Ke +2
We develop a comprehensive model for heavy-quark evolution in a realistic QGP, from their production in the initial collision to hadronic freeze-out. Heavy-quark transport is descr…
nucl-th2025
Nonperturbative Heavy-Flavor Transport Approach for Hot QCD Matter
Tharun Krishna, Ralf Rapp, Yu Fu +2
The heavy charm and bottom quarks are unique probes of the transport properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and its hadronization in high-energy nuclear collisions. A key chall…
hep-ph2025
Quark flavor equilibration of the quark-gluon plasma
Andrew Gordeev, Steffen A. Bass, Berndt Mueller +1
The early stage of a heavy-ion collision is marked by rapid entropy production and the transition from a gluon saturated initial condition to a plasma of quarks and gluons that evo…