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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 364, 2026
XXXI International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions “Quark Matter 2025”
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| Article Number | 01015 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Plenary Sessions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636401015 | |
| Published online | 17 April 2026 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636401015
Overview of the latest developments in understanding the initial state and thermalization
1 SUBATECH UMR 6457 (IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, IN2P3/CNRS), 4 rue Alfred Kastler, 44307 Nantes, France
2 Institute for Theoretical Physics, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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Published online: 17 April 2026
Abstract
A proper description of the non-equilibrium matter preceding the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions and its observable consequences remain a major theoretical challenge, while at the same time offering new opportunities for experimental exploration. In these proceedings, I provide an overview of studies presented in talks and posters at Quark Matter 2025 on this topic. We will focus on the latest developments regarding the features and the numerical description of the non-equilibrium pre-QGP matter, as well as the potential to use hard probes as a means to study the hydrodynamization dynamics of the QCD plasma.
Invited plenary talk at the 31st International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2025), Frankfurt, Germany, Apr 6-12, 2025
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