The QCD phase diagram and Beam Energy Scan physics: a theory overview

L Du, A Sorensen, M Stephanov - International Journal of Modern …, 2024 - World Scientific
We review recent theoretical developments relevant to heavy-ion experiments carried out
within the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our main focus …

The dynamical holographic QCD method for hadron physics and QCD matter

Y Chen, D Li, M Huang - Communications in Theoretical Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present a short overview on the dynamical holographic QCD (DhQCD)
method for hadron physics and QCD matter. The five-dimensional DhQCD model is …

Holographic model for heavy quarks in anisotropic hot dense QGP with external magnetic field

IY Aref'eva, K Rannu, P Slepov - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We present a five-dimensional fully anisotropic holographic model supported by
Einstein-dilaton-three-Maxwell action. One of the Maxwell fields provides chemical potential; …

Quarkyonic phase from quenched dynamical holographic QCD model

X Chen, D Li, D Hou, M Huang - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 - Springer
A bstract Chiral and deconfinement phase transitions at finite temperature T and quark
number chemical potential μ are simultaneously studied in the quenched dynamical …

Chiral phase transition in the soft-wall model of AdS/QCD

K Chelabi, Z Fang, M Huang, D Li, YL Wu - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 - Springer
A bstract We investigate the chiral phase transition in the soft-wall model of AdS/QCD at zero
chemical potential for two-flavor and three-flavor cases, respectively. We show that there is …

Inverse magnetic catalysis in the soft-wall model of AdS/QCD

D Li, M Huang, Y Yang, PH Yuan - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract Magnetic effects on chiral phase transition have been investigated in a modified
soft-wall AdS/QCD model, in which the dilaton field is taken to be negative at the ultraviolet …

Rotation effect on the spectral function of heavy vector mesons in holographic QCD

XL Wang, SQ Feng - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Exploring heavy vector mesons of the J/ψ and ϒ (1 S) is crucial for understanding the quark
gluon plasma (QGP) formed in heavy ion collisions. The influences of rotational effect on the …

Holographic study on QCD phase transition and phase diagram with two flavors

XY Liu, XC Peng, YL Wu, Z Fang - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
We investigate the chemical potential effects of the equation of state and the chiral transition
in an Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton-scalar system, which is obtained from an improved soft-wall …

Criticality of QCD in a holographic QCD model with critical end point

X Chen, D Li, M Huang - Chinese Physics C, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter near the critical end point are investigated
in a holographic QCD model, which can describe the QCD phase diagram in $ T-\mu …

Gravitation waves from QCD and electroweak phase transitions

Y Chen, M Huang, QS Yan - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We investigate the gravitation waves produced from QCD and electroweak phase
transitions in the early universe by using a 5-dimension holographic QCD model and a …