CU Physicists help reveal secrets of the "perfect fluid" formed in Big Bang

July 17, 2015

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has succeeded in creating distinct droplets of the quark-gluon plasma, the material that made up the Universe during the very first moments of the Big Bang. "These experiments are revealing the key elements required for...

Paul Romatschke Wins Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Feb. 14, 2012

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Paul Romatschke for winning a 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. The award was announced on Wednesday, February 15 th . "I feel honored to receive this prestigious award for my research in relativistic fluid dynamics and its application to high energy nuclear physics," Romatschke said. According...