Unveiling Quark Matter's Space-Time Geometry with Powerful Particle Accelerators
Physicists from the Eötvös Loránd University have been using the world's most powerful particle accelerators to study the space-time geometry of quark matter, the "primordial soup" that filled the universe after the Big Bang. By applying femtoscopy techniques, they have mapped the femtometer-scale structure of the medium and discovered that the movement of observed particles follows a Lévy distribution, similar to the search for prey by marine predators, climate change patterns, and stock market fluctuations. This research provides valuable insights into the properties and phases of quark matter, deepening our understanding of the strong interaction that governs atomic nuclei.