In this paper, we present an overview on recent progress in studies of QCD at finite
temperature and densities within the functional renormalization group (fRG) approach. The …

Fluctuations of conserved charges are sensitive to the QCD phase transition and a possible
critical end point in the phase diagram at finite density. In this work, we compute the baryon …

The Polyakov-extended quark–meson model (PQM) is investigated beyond mean-field. This
represents an important step towards a fully dynamical QCD computation. Both the quantum …

Finite-volume effects in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) have been a subject of much
theoretical interest for more than two decades. They are in particular important for the …

The Polyakov-quark-meson model, which combines chiral as well as deconfinement aspects
of strongly interacting matter, is introduced for three light quark flavors. An analysis of the …

Optimizing process economics in model predictive control traditionally has been done using
a two-step approach in which the economic objectives are first converted to steady-state …

One of the distinctive features of the QCD phase diagram is the possible emergence of a
critical endpoint. The critical region around the critical point and the path dependency of the …

We consider the thermodynamics of chiral models in the mean-field approximation and
discuss the relevance of the (frequently omitted) fermion vacuum loop. Within the chiral …

The chiral phase transition in QCD at finite chemical potential and temperature can be
characterized for small chemical potential by its curvature and the transition temperature …

We investigate the impact of the matter and glue dynamics on baryon number fluctuations
and the kurtosis of baryon number distribution. This is done within the framework of QCD …