Dynamics of Heavy Quarks in Hot Yang-Mills Plasmas

This 45-minute conference talk by Bruno Scheihing from the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics explores the dynamics of heavy quarks in hot Yang-Mills plasmas. Delve into the complex world of strongly interacting Quantum Field Theory (QFT) with applications to physical systems, particularly focusing on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and its description of the strong nuclear force. Learn about the asymptotic freedom of Yang-Mills theory and how it becomes strongly coupled at long distances, where phenomena like quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking occur. Discover recent developments in Lattice Gauge Theory and how improved algorithms, theoretical insights, and increased computational power have transformed it into a precision tool. The talk is part of a conference that bridges lattice and continuum approaches to QFT, covering topics such as Euclidean and Hamiltonian approaches to lattice field theory, string-theoretic approaches to confining flux tubes, dynamics in Minkowski spacetime, and connections with quantum simulation and computation.