Title:  How does proton-proton collision look like for a high energy nuclear physicist?

Abstract:  The basic aim of colliding heavy ions at ultra relativistic energies is to produce the new state of matter, quark-gluon plasma. We expect the appearance of this special material to consist of quarks, antiquarks and gluons, because protons and neutrons are formed from these elementary particles. An important question these days is if quark-gluon plasma could appear in high energy proton-proton collisions. IF the answer is YES, then how it looks, what is the minimal size of a quark-gluon plasma droplet. In my talk I summarize a few ideas and expectations, and display recent experimental results for the investigation of this interesting question.

Host:  Vladimir Skokov