Adam Takacs
Adam Takacs

Postdoc researcher

Department of Theoretical Physics,
CERN

About Me

I am a joint postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Theoretical Physics at CERN and the Department of Physics and Technology at the University of Bergen. My research is supported by a prestigious grant from the Norwegian Research Cuncil.

My work focuses on particle collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). I study the theoretical description of these collisions using perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, jet physics, and high-temperature and non-equilibrium quantum field theories. I actively contribute to ongoing experimental measurements by providing theoretical predictions and developing novel analysis techniques, including the application of artificial intelligence.

Interests
  • High-energy heavy-ion collisions
  • QCD and jets
  • Non-equilibrium QFT
  • Artificial Intelligence
Education
  • PhD. in physics, 2023

    University of Bergen, Norway

  • MSc. in physics, 2018

    Eotvos University Budapest, Hungary

Featured Publications
Recent Publications
(2025). Minijet thermalization and jet transport coefficients in QCD kinetic theory. arXiv:2510.25669 [hep-ph].
(2025). High-Dimensional Unfolding in Large Backgrounds. arXiv:2507.06291.
(2024). No-quenching baseline for energy loss signals in oxygen-oxygen collisions. 2410.22405.
Recent Talks
(2025). Energy loss predictions in the color-coherence framework. invited talk at Light ion collisions at the LHC, CERN.
(2025). Searching for Molière scatterings using High %k_t% splittings in PbPb collisions. invited seminar at Collider Cross Talk, CERN.
(2025). Advancing the Theory of Jet Modification in the Quark–Gluon Plasma. invited seminar Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US.
(2025). Jet quenching in OO collision. invited talk APS Division of Nuclear Physics Workshop, Chicago, US.
(2025). The Imprint of Preequilibrium in Jet Flow and Suppression. talk at Initial Stages, Taipei, Taiwan.