Together, they are finding common ground, where string theory can be applied to the physics of quark–gluon plasma.

In high-energy physics, researchers have unveiled how high-energy partons lose energy in nucleus-nucleus collisions, an essential process in studying quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This finding could ...

One area that scientists use the LHC to study is the quark-gluon plasma. The quark-gluon plasma is an unimaginably hot, soupy liquid. It’s so high-energy that the quarks and gluons that make up ...

Also part of the programme are 'heavy ion' collisions — using the LHC to collide lead ions instead of protons, in the hope of creating quark–gluon plasma — for which a dedicated detector ...