Signatures of QGP at RHIC and the LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews the experimental signatures indicating the formation of quark-gluon plasma in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC, highlighting key observations like jet quenching and flow phenomena over 30 years of research.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of the main experimental signatures of QGP observed at RHIC and LHC, summarizing progress over three decades.

Findings

Evidence of jet quenching observed at RHIC and LHC

Non-viscous flow signatures support QGP formation

Detection of direct photons and Debye screening effects

Abstract

The progress over the 30 years since the first high-energy heavy-ion collisions at the BNL-AGS and CERN-SPS has been truly remarkable. Rigorous experimental and theoretical studies have revealed a new state of the matter in heavy-ion collisions, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). Many signatures supporting the formation of the QGP have been reported. Among them are jet quenching, the non-viscous flow, direct photons, and Debye screening effects. In this article, selected signatures of the QGP observed at RHIC and the LHC are reviewed.