Ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and the LHC provide a hot and ultra-dense form of matter composed of deconfined quarks and gluons, named QGP. Different models like EPOS and PHSD allow to study the space-time evolution of such heavy-ion collisions. Their dynamics is complicated; hence, various stages should be considered. The first is the primary scattering which defines to a...
The hotspot model has proven to be an efficient tool to study coherent and incoherent diffraction HERA data by modelling the initial state fluctuations of the gluon density of the proton. The hotspot model in its original form is a non-perturbative model applicable for low momentum transfer and underestimates the incoherent cross section in orders of magnitude when extended for large momentum...
We present calculations of dielectron anisotropic flow in heavy-ion collisions at HADES beam energies from a hadronic transport approach. The collectivity of the electromagnetic radiation produced during the evolution of these collisions has recently been dubbed as a barometer, serving as a probe for the flow velocity of the underlying hadronic matter. In particular, we study the elliptic flow...
The ALICE experiment at the LHC investigates the properties of the hot and dense nuclear matter created in heavy-ion collisions. By comparing the particle production in pp and p--Pb collisions, possible nuclear initial state effects can be isolated. Measurements of the $\omega$ meson $p_\text{T}$-spectra in pp and p--Pb collisions not only allow for a determination of the nuclear modification...
The LHCb experiment has recently undergone a series of major upgrades: the entire tracking system has been replaced with higher-granularity sensors, the readout electronics have been upgraded, and all hardware triggers have been replaced with a new state-of-the-art streaming readout system. In addition, the gaseous target SMOG system has been upgraded with a dedicated storage cell to greatly...