Speaker
Prof.
Gergely Endrödi
(University of Bielefeld )
Description
Strong electromagnetic fields, as they arise in high-energy heavy-ion collisions, in the interior of magnetars and potentially during the evolution of the early universe, have a significant impact on the physics of quarks and gluons. First-principles lattice simulations of this non-perturbative system have revealed a highly nontrivial response to the background fields and a corresponding phase diagram with a rich structure.
In this talk, I will briefly recapitulate the recent lattice findings regarding magnetic fields and also discuss the impact of electric fields. In the latter case, even the simplest setting of a hot electron gas yields a surprising result.
Primary author
Prof.
Gergely Endrödi
(University of Bielefeld )
