From many body wee parton dynamics to perfect fluid: a standard model for heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper reviews a standard model of heavy ion collisions derived from RHIC and LHC data, discussing its implications and how future experiments could validate or challenge it.

Contribution

It synthesizes experimental and theoretical insights into a comprehensive standard model for heavy ion collisions, highlighting future testing avenues.

Findings

Heavy ion collisions can be described by a standard model consistent with RHIC and LHC data.

Early LHC results support the standard model but also suggest areas for refinement.

Future experiments at RHIC, LHC, and Electron-Ion Collider will be crucial for validation.

Abstract

We discuss a standard model of heavy ion collisions that has emerged both from the experimental results of the RHIC program and associated theoretical developments. We comment briefly on the impact of early results of the LHC program on this picture. We consider how this standard model of heavy ion collisions could be solidified or falsified in future experiments at RHIC, the LHC and a future Electron-Ion Collider.