Publications

Peer reviewed articles 2025

Original research articles:

B. Karmakar, D. Zigic, I. Salom, J. Auvinen, P. Huovinen, M. Djordjevic, M. Djordjevic
Can high-p⊥ theory and data constrain η/s?
J.Subatomic Part.Cosmol. 4 (2025) 100190
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspc.2025.100190

Pooja
Dynamics of heavy quarks and their pairs in the pre-equlibrium Glasma phase of the heavy-ion collisions
J.Subatomic Part.Cosmol. 4 (2025) 100149
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspc.2025.100149

A. Dung Le, H. Mäntysaari
Exclusive J/ψ production off a dilute proton within a refined hotspot description
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 11, 114006
arXiv:2509.07480 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/rqhc-dfsf

C. Casuga, H. Hänninen, H. Mäntysaari
Initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation at next-to-leading order
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 3, 034003
arXiv:2506.00487 [hep-ph]

M. Li, T. Lappi, X. Zhao, C. A. Salgado
Scattering and gluon emission of physical quarks in a SU(3) colored field
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 1, 016009
arXiv:2504.07162 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/x99p-tfwg

P. Gimeno-Estivill, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari
Inclusive D0 photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 11, 114036
arXiv:2503.16108 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/7741-585p

J. Cruz-Martinez, T. Hasenack, F. Hekhorn et al.
NNPDFpol2.0: a global determination of polarised PDFs and their uncertainties at next-to-next-to-leading order
JHEP 07 (2025) 168
arXiv:2503.11814 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)168

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Collision-Energy Dependence in Heavy-Ion Collisions from Nonlinear QCD Evolution
Phys.Rev.Lett. 135 (2025) 2, 022302
arXiv:2502.05138 [nucl-th]
DOI: 10.1103/gf4y-p5j7

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Hard Photon Triggered Jets in p-p and A-A Collisions
Phys.Rev.C 111 (2025) 6, 064911
arXiv:2412.19738 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/yyr5-zp16

T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio
Next-to-leading order evolution of structure functions without PDFs
Eur.Phys.J.C 85 (2025) 4, 429
arXiv: 2412.09589 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14134-9

H. Mäntysaari, J. Penttala, F. Salazar, B. Schenke
Finite-size effects on small-x evolution and saturation in proton and nuclear targets
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 5, 5
arXiv:2411.13533 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.054033

MSHT and NNPDF Collaborations (Contribution by F. Hekhorn)
Combination of aN3LO PDFs and implications for Higgs production cross-sections at the LHC
J.Phys.G 52 (2025) 065002
arXiv:2411.05373 [hep-ph]

I. Helenius, J. O. Laulainen, C. T. Preuss
Multi-jet production in deep inelastic scattering with Pythia
JHEP 05 (2025) 153
arXiv:2410.20950 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2025)153

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
Heavy-Flavor Angular Correlations as a Direct Probe of the Glasma
Phys.Rev.Lett. 134 (2025) 17, 172301
arXiv:2409.10565 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.172301

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
Impact of glasma on heavy flavor azimuthal correlations and spectra
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 7, 074036
arXiv:2409.10564 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.074036

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Bayesian Inference analysis of jet quenching using inclusive jet and hadron suppression measurements
Phys.Rev.C. 111 (2025) 5, 054913
arXiv:2408.08247 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.054913

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
A soft-hard framework with exact four momentum conservation for small systems
Phys.Rev.C. 112 (2025) 1, 014905
arXiv:2407.17443 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/r8jt-1xpk

M. Kuha, J. Auvinen, K. J. Eskola, H. Hirvonen, Y. Kanakubo, H. Niemi
Monte Carlo event generator MC-EKRT with saturated minijet production for initializing (3+1)D fluid dynamics in high-energy nuclear collisions
Phys.Rev.C 111 (2025) 5, 054914
arXiv:2406.17592 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.054914

I. Soudi, A. Majumder
T-odd Parton Distribution Functions and Azimuthal Anisotropy at High Transverse Momentum in p-p and p-A Collisions
Phys.Rev.C. 111 (2025) 2, 024901
arXiv:2404.05287 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.111.024901

Y. Hagiwara, X. Tong, B. Xiao
Understanding Gravitational Form Factors with the Weizsäcker-Williams Method
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 5, L051503
arXiv:2401.12840 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L051503

A. Angelopoulou, A. D. Le, S. Munier
Scattering from an external field in quantum chromodynamics at high energies: from foundations to interdisciplinary connections
SciPost Phys.Lect.Notes 92 (2025) 1
arXiv:2311.14796 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhysLectNotes.92

Peer reviewed conference proceedings:

T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio
Evolution of structure functions at NLO
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 06003
Contribution to HP2024
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533906003

P. Pooja, S. Kumar Das, V. Greco, M. Ruggieri
Diffusion of heavy quarks in the early stage of high-energy nuclear collisions
EPJ Web Conf. 316 (2025) 02002
Contribution to SQM2024
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202531602002

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Interplay of prompt and non-prompt photons in photon-triggered jet observables
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 05002
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2507.00905 [hep-ph]

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Effects of hadronic reinteraction on jet fragmentation from small to large systems
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 02017
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2506.16344 [hep-ph]

D. Avramescu, C. Lamas, T. Lappi, M. Li, C. A. Salgado
Initial stage jet momentum broadening in tBLFQ formalism
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 02008
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2506.06206 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533902008

I. Soudi
Jets: Hard-soft correlation — Theory overview
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 01002
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.20499 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533901002

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
The impact of glasma on heavy quark spectra and correlations
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 04013
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.01147 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533904013

S. K. Das et al. (Contribution by Pooja)
Dynamics of hot QCD matter 2024 — hard probes
Int.J.Mod.Phys.E 34 (2025) 07, 2544003
Contribution to 2nd Hot QCD Matter Conference 2024
arXiv:2412.14026 [nucl-ex]
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301325440033

V. Guzey
Suppression of Diffraction in DIS on Nuclei and Dynamical Mechanism of Leading Twist Nuclear Shadowing
Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 18 (2025) 1, 1-A26
Contribution to Diffraction and Low-x 2024, 1-A26
arXiv:2411.10103 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.18.1-A26

A. D. Le, H. Mäntysaari
High-energy nuclear scattering of neutrinos
PoS ICHEP2024 (2025) 547
Contribution to ICHEP2024
arXiv:2410.00673 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.476.0547

J. Laulainen, I. Helenius, C. T. Preuss
Multi-Jet Merging in Deep Inelastic Scattering with Pythia
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 163
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2408.08100 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0163

G. Beuf, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, R. Paatelainen, J. Penttala
Dipole picture diffractive structure function at NLO
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 098
Contribution to DIS2024, 098
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0098

T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio
Evolution of structure functions at NLO without PDFs
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 030
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.11704 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0030

Y. Tawabutr
Contribution to the Proton Spin Puzzle from Helicity at small Bjorken
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 115
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.10491 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0115

C. Casuga, M. Karhunen, H. Mäntysaari
Bayesian approach to determine the initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 075
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.10581 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0075

H. Mäntysaari, F. Salazar, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Probing gluon saturation and nuclear structure in photon-nucleus collisions
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 110
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.09963 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0110

K. J. Eskola, V. Guzey, I. Helenius, P. Paakkinen, H. Paukkunen
Dijet photoproduction and transverse-plane geometry in ultra-peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 167
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2407.02171 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0167

I. Helenius, H. Paukkunen, S. Yrjänheikki
Dimuon production in neutrino-nucleus collisions — the SIDIS approach
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 047
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.13304 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0047

P. Duwentäster, V. Guzey, I. Helenius, H. Paukkunen
Global fits of proton PDFs with non-linear corrections from gluon recombination
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 094
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.12936 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0094

F. Hekhorn
Towards NNPDFpol2.0
PoS DIS2024 (2025) 204
Contribution to DIS2024
arXiv:2406.06083 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.22323/1.469.0204

Pooja, S. Kumar Das, V. Greco, M. Ruggieri
Diffusion of heavy quarks in the early stage of high-energy nuclear collisions
EPJ Web Conf. 316 (2025) 02002
Contribution to SQM2024
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202531602002

All preprints 2025

Original research articles:

K. Kushwah, C. V.P. de Brito, G. S. Denicol
Relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics for a two-component plasma
arXiv:2511.14787 [physics.plasm-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Impact of QCD Energy Evolution on Observables in Heavy-Ion Collisions
arXiv:2511.03588 [nucl-th]

I. Soudi, A. Takacs
Deriving a parton shower for jet thermalization in QCD plasmas
arXiv:2510.25837 [hep-ph]

A. Kaushik, H. Mäntysaari, J. Penttala
Diffractive deep inelastic scattering in the dipole picture: the qqbarg contribution in exact kinematics
arXiv:2510.24171 [hep-ph]

T. Altinoluk, G. Beuf, S. Mulani
Parton model contributions as next-to-eikonal corrections to the dipole factorization of DIS and SIDIS at low xBj
arXiv:2510.13571 [hep-ph]

H. Roch et al. (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Transport-based initial conditions for heavy-ion collisions at finite densities
arXiv:2510.06996 [nucl-th]

X. Xi, K. Chen, X. Tong, S. Wei, J. Wu
Helicity correlation of dihadron in current and target fragmentation regions of unpolarized SIDIS
arXiv:2510.06103 [hep-ph]

O. Fedkevych, J. R. Gaunt, S. Smith
Improving on the PYTHIA modelling of equal-scale multi-parton distribution functions
arXiv:2510.04554 [hep-ph]

P. Paakkinen
Scaling properties of nuclear parton distributions in short-range-correlation motivated two-component parametrization
arXiv:2510.00252 [hep-ph]

K. Chen, X. He, J. Ma, X. Tong
Perturbative QCD Prediction of the Hyperon EDM from CP-violating Dipole Interactions
arXiv:2509.22087 [hep-ph]

A. Dung Le, H. Mäntysaari
Exclusive J/ψ production off a dilute proton within a refined hotspot description
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 11, 114006
arXiv:2509.07480 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/rqhc-dfsf

D. Jo Kim, T. Lappeteläinen
The Evolution of Heavy-Ion Physics: A Data-Driven Analysis of Quark Matter Conferences
arXiv:2509.00160 [physics.soc-ph]

J. Albrecht et al. (Contribution by P. Paakkinen)
Road map for the tuning of hadronic interaction models with accelerator-based and astroparticle data
arXiv:2508.21796 [astro-ph.HE]

Y. Huang, X. Tong, H. Wang
Nucleon energy correlators as a probe of light-quark dipole operators at the EIC
arXiv:2508.08516 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, H. Roch, F. Salazar, B. Schenke, C. Shen et al.
Global Bayesian Analysis of J/ψ Photoproduction on Proton and Lead Targets
arXiv:2507.14087 [hep-ph]

G. Giacalone et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Nuclear Physics Confronts Relativistic Collisions Of Isobars
arXiv:2507.01454 [nucl-ex]

F. Arleo et al. (Contribution by H.Paukkunen)
Nuclear Cold QCD: Review and Future Strategy
arXiv:2506.17454 [hep-ph]

R. D. Ball et al. (Contribution by F. Hekhorn)
A Determination of αs(mZ) at aN3LOQCD⊗NLOQED Accuracy from a Global PDF Analysis
Report number: TIF-UNIMI-2025-10, Edinburgh 2024/12, CERN-TH-2025-106
arXiv:2506.13871 [hep-ph]

H. Paukkunen, I. Helenius, S. Yrjänheikki
Improving the description of dimuon production in neutrino-nucleus collisions using the SACOT-χ scheme
arXiv:2506.09492 [hep-ph]

C. Casuga, H. Hänninen, H. Mäntysaari
Initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation at next-to-leading order
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 3, 034003
arXiv:2506.00487 [hep-ph]

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 1, Physics, Experiments, Detectors
Report number: CERN-FCC-PHYS-2025-0002
arXiv:2505.00272 [hep-ex]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.9DKX.TDH9

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 2, Accelerators, Technical Infrastructure and Safety
Report number: CERN-FCC-ACC-2025-0004
arXiv:2505.00274 [physics.acc-ph]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.EBAY.7W4X

FCC Collaboration (Contribution by V. Guzey)
Future Circular Collider Feasibility Study Report: Volume 3, Civil Engineering, Implementation and Sustainability
Report number: CERN-FCC-ACC-2025-0003
arXiv:2505.00273 [physics.acc-ph]
DOI: 10.17181/CERN.I26X.V4VF

M. Alvioli, V. Guzey, M. Strikman
Probing fluctuating protons using forward neutrons in soft and hard inelastic proton-nucleus scattering
arXiv:2504.07514 [hep-ph]

M. Li, T. Lappi, X. Zhao, C. A. Salgado
Scattering and gluon emission of physical quarks in a SU(3) colored field
Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 1, 016009
arXiv:2504.07162 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/x99p-tfwg

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Enhanced signal of momentum broadening in hard splittings for γ-tagged jets in a multistage approach
arXiv:2503.23693 [hep-ph]

D. Adamiak et al. (Contribution by Y. Tawabutr)
First study of polarized proton-proton scattering with small-x helicity evolution
arXiv:2503.21006 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, Y. Tawabutr, X. Tong
Nucleon Energy Correlators for the Odderon
arXiv:2503.20157 [hep-ph]

F. Ahmadova et al. (Contributions by T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, H. Paukkunen, M. Tevio)
The Large Hadron electron Collider as a bridge project for CERN
arXiv:2503.17727 [hep-ex]

P. Gimeno-Estivill, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari
Inclusive D0 photoproduction in ultraperipheral collisions
Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 11, 114036
arXiv:2503.16108 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1103/7741-585p

J. Cruz-Martinez, T. Hasenack, F. Hekhorn et al.
NNPDFpol2.0: a global determination of polarised PDFs and their uncertainties at next-to-next-to-leading order
JHEP 07 (2025) 168
arXiv:2503.11814 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)168

D. Adamiak, H. Mäntysaari, Y. Tawabutr
Proton spin from small-x with constraints from the valence quark model
Report number: JLAB-THY-25-4239
arXiv:2502.16604 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Collision-Energy Dependence in Heavy-Ion Collisions from Nonlinear QCD Evolution
Phys.Rev.Lett. 135 (2025) 2, 022302
arXiv:2502.05138 [nucl-th]
DOI: 10.1103/gf4y-p5j7

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Hybrid Hadronization — A Study of In-Medium Hadronization of Jets
arXiv:2501.16482 [hep-ph]

Conference proceedings:

C. Casuga, H. Hänninen, H. Mäntysaari
Bayesian constraint of the initial condition for the Balitsky-Kovchegov equation at NLO
Contribution to DIS2025
arXiv:2511.01394 [hep-ph]

I. Helenius, H. Paukkunen, S. Yrjänheikki
Dimuon production in DIS with charm-mass effects
Contribution to DIS2025
arXiv:2511.01055 [hep-ph]

H. Niemi, J. Auvinen, K. J. Eskola, H. Hirvonen, Y. Kanakubo, M. Kuha
MC-EKRT: Monte Carlo event generator with saturated minijet production for initializing 3+1 D fluid dynamics in high energy nuclear collisions
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2510.26237 [hep-ph]

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. I. Müller
Heavy flavor angular correlations as probes of the glasma
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2509.24628 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, H. Roch, F. Salazar, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Nuclear Suppression in Diffractive Vector Meson Production within the Color Glass Condensate Framework
Contribution to UPC 2025
arXiv:2509.13015 [hep-ph]

V. Guzey
Partonic structure of nuclei from UPCs
Contribution to UPC 2025
arXiv:2509.12932 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Testing hydrodynamic response to initial-state geometry in Pb+d↑ collisions
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2509.00511 [nucl-th]

H. Mäntysaari, H. Roch, F. Salazar and RIKEN BNL and Brookhaven and Washington U., B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Nuclear suppression in diffractive vector meson production within the color glass condensate framework
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2508.21562 [hep-ph]

A. Ipp, M. Leuthner, D. I. Müller, S. Schlichting, K. Schmidt, P. Singh
The (3+1)D structure of the dilute Glasma
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2508.20725 [hep-ph]

H. Mäntysaari, B. Schenke, C. Shen, W. Zhao
Perturbative high-energy evolution in the IP-Glasma initial state
Contribution to Quark Matter 2025
arXiv:2508.20432 [nucl-th]

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Interplay of prompt and non-prompt photons in photon-triggered jet observables
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 05002
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2507.00905 [hep-ph]

JETSCAPE Collaboration (Contribution by I. Soudi)
Effects of hadronic reinteraction on jet fragmentation from small to large systems
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 02017
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2506.16344 [hep-ph]

D. Avramescu, C. Lamas, T. Lappi, M. Li, C. A. Salgado
Initial stage jet momentum broadening in tBLFQ formalism
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 02008
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2506.06206 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533902008

F. Hekhorn
Towards N3LO PDFs and their implications for Higgs production cross-sections
Contribution to Moriond2025: 59th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions
arXiv:2505.10369 [hep-ph]

P. Paakkinen
Hard probes and nuclear PDFs
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.21610 [hep-ph]

I. Soudi
Jets: Hard-soft correlation — Theory overview
EPJ Web Conf. 339 (2025) 01002
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.20499 [hep-ph]
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202533901002

D. Avramescu, V. Greco, T. Lappi, H. Mäntysaari, D. Müller
The impact of glasma on heavy quark spectra and correlations
Contribution to HP2024
arXiv:2504.01147 [hep-ph]

A. Ipp et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Charged particle multiplicity in pp-collisions from the dilute Glasma
Contribution to QCHSC 2024
arXiv:2502.16564 [hep-ph]

A. Ipp et al. (Contribution by P. Singh)
Limiting fragmentation in the dilute Glasma
Contribution to QCHSC 2024
arXiv:2502.16562 [hep-ph]