Quantum field theory: Effective field theory, Nonperturbative effects in field theories, Functional renormalization group, Nonlinear sigma model, Spontaneous symmetry breaking. Strong interaction: Quantum chromodynamics, Color confinement, Quark-gluon plasma. Relativistic heavy-ion collisions: QCD phase transitions. Nuclear astrophysics: Nuclear matter in neutron stars.
Publications [LaTeX]
Papers
International Journals
1 - Quark and Polyakov-loop correlations in effective models at zero and nonvanishing density
Hubert Hansen, Rainer Stiele, and Pedro Costa
Phys. Rev. D 101, 094001-18 (2020)
2 - Functional renormalization group study of the critical region of the quark-meson model with vector interactions
Renan Câmara Pereira, Rainer Stiele, Pedro Costa
Eur.Phys.J. C 80, 712-16 (2020)
Proceedings
International Conferences
3 - Aspects of isentropic trajectories in chiral effective models
Rainer Stiele, Wanda Maria Alberico, Andrea Beraudo, Renan Câmara Pereira, Pedro Costa, Hubert Hansen, Mario Motta
Contribution to the proceedings of the FAIR next generation scientists - 6th Edition Workshop,
J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 1667, 012043 (2020)