Marco van Leeuwen

Reyes Alameni and Marco van Leeuwen, experts in heavy ion collisions and quark-gluon plasma at CERN, dive into the transformative process that turns lead into primordial soup. They discuss the challenges of vaporizing lead, accelerating it for near-light-speed collisions, and the significance of these experiments for understanding the early universe. The conversation also highlights the ALICE experiment's role in uncovering insights from lead ion collisions and the future advancements in particle detection technologies essential for ongoing research.