What Quark-Gluon Plasma in small systems might tell us about nucleons

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential formation of a mini-Quark-Gluon Plasma in small collision systems and discusses its implications for understanding the duality between QGP and hadronic color fields.

Contribution

It proposes a duality between QGP formation in small systems and color fields in hadrons, offering a new perspective on flow-like effects in proton collisions.

Findings

Suggests a duality between QGP and hadronic color fields

Provides a qualitative dense field model for this duality

Discusses implications for flow phenomena in small systems

Abstract

The origin of flow-like effects in small systems, such as those produced in ultra-relativistic proton-proton and proton-lead collisions, is still widely debated. In this paper the goal is to look at possible consequences if indeed a mini-Quark-Gluon Plasma is formed in these collisions. It is argued that this could indicate a duality between the QGP phase and the color fields in hadrons. A qualitative dense field picture is presented for this duality and discussed.