HEFTY Collaboration logo (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption The HEFTY Topical Theory collaboration will develop a theoretical framework for describing the behavior of heavy quarks at various stages in the evolution of hot nuclear matter to gain a deeper understanding of the quark-gluon plasma that filled the early universe. Credit HEFTY Collaboration/Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about this collaboration License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.