Prof. Dr. Raju Venugopalan

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsNuclear Physics,Elementary Particle Physics
KeywordsQuantum Chromodynamics, Non-equilibrium Quantum Field Theory, High Energy Nuclear Physics

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityUpton
InstitutionBrookhaven National Laboratory
InstituteNuclear Theory Group

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dietrich BödekerFakultät für Physik, Abteilung für Theoretische Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Joachim (Jochen) BartelsII. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Johanna StachelPhysikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Jürgen BergesPhysikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Johanna StachelInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Jürgen BergesInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2004

Programme(s)

2004Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2016Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Venugopalan is a leading physicist and expert in theoretical studies of a state of matter that existed in the early universe, in which the fundamental constituents of ordinary matter were free and formed a plasma of quarks and gluons. His most famous work deals with how this state can be recreated in high energy collider experiments. During his stay in Germany, he will collaborate with theoretical and experimental colleagues on the strong field dynamics and the approach to an equilibrium quark-gluon plasma.