Decoding the phase structure of QCD via particle production at high energy

A Andronic, P Braun-Munzinger, K Redlich, J Stachel - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Recent studies based on lattice Monte Carlo simulations of quantum chromodynamics
(QCD)—the theory of strong interactions—have demonstrated that at high temperature there …

Phase transitions in particle physics: Results and perspectives from lattice quantum chromo-dynamics

G Aarts, J Aichelin, C Allton, A Athenodorou… - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase transitions in a non-perturbative regime can be studied by ab initio Lattice Field
Theory methods. The status and future research directions for LFT investigations of Quantum …

Chiral crossover in QCD at zero and non-zero chemical potentials

A Bazavov, HT Ding, P Hegde, O Kaczmarek, F Karsch… - Physics Letters B, 2019 - Elsevier
We present results for pseudo-critical temperatures of QCD chiral crossovers at zero and
non-zero values of baryon (B), strangeness (S), electric charge (Q), and isospin (I) chemical …

QCD crossover at finite chemical potential from lattice simulations

S Borsanyi, Z Fodor, JN Guenther, R Kara, SD Katz… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We provide the most accurate results for the QCD transition line so far. We optimize the
definition of the crossover temperature T c, allowing for its very precise determination, and …

Cumulants and correlation functions of net-proton, proton, and antiproton multiplicity distributions in collisions at energies available at the BNL Relativistic …

MS Abdallah, J Adam, L Adamczyk, JR Adams… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We report a systematic measurement of cumulants, C n, for net-proton, proton, and
antiproton multiplicity distributions, and correlation functions, κ n, for proton and antiproton …

QCD phase structure at finite temperature and density

W Fu, JM Pawlowski, F Rennecke - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We discuss the phase structure of QCD for N f= 2 and N f= 2+ 1 dynamical quark flavors at
finite temperature and baryon chemical potential. It emerges dynamically from the …

Hot QCD phase diagram from holographic Einstein–Maxwell–Dilaton models

R Rougemont, J Grefa, M Hippert, J Noronha… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this review, we provide an up-to-date account of quantitative bottom-up holographic
descriptions of the strongly coupled quark–gluon plasma (QGP) produced in relativistic …

QCD at finite temperature and chemical potential from Dyson–Schwinger equations

CS Fischer - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
We review results for the phase diagram of QCD, the properties of quarks and gluons and
the resulting properties of strongly interacting matter at finite temperature and chemical …

Nonmonotonic energy dependence of net-proton number fluctuations

J Adam, L Adamczyk, JR Adams, JK Adkins… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Nonmonotonic variation with collision energy (s NN) of the moments of the net-baryon
number distribution in heavy-ion collisions, related to the correlation length and the …

The BEST framework for the search for the QCD critical point and the chiral magnetic effect

X An, M Bluhm, L Du, GV Dunne, H Elfner, C Gale… - Nuclear Physics A, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Collaboration was formed with the goal of
providing a theoretical framework for analyzing data from the Beam Energy Scan (BES) …