Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of quarks and gluons, whose interactions can be
described by a local SU (3) gauge symmetry with charges called “color quantum numbers” …

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 …

Abstract This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective
of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 …

Since the release of the 2015 Long Range Plan in Nuclear Physics, major events have
occurred that reshaped our understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and nuclear …

This review aims at providing an extensive discussion of modern constraints relevant for
dense and hot strongly interacting matter. It includes theoretical first-principle results from …

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 …

QCD critical point is a landmark region in the QCD phase diagram outlined by temperature
as a function of baryon chemical potential. To the right of this second-order phase transition …

We report the beam energy and collision centrality dependence of fifth and sixth order
cumulants (C 5, C 6) and factorial cumulants (κ 5, κ 6) of net-proton and proton number …

Hot QCD physics studies the nuclear strong force under extreme temperature and densities.
Experimentally these conditions are achieved via high-energy collisions of heavy ions at the …

Binary neutron-star mergers and heavy-ion collisions are related through the properties of
the hot and dense nuclear matter formed during these extreme events. In particular, low …