Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions

A Sorensen, K Agarwal, KW Brown, Z Chajęcki… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The nuclear equation of state (EOS) is at the center of numerous theoretical and
experimental efforts in nuclear physics. With advances in microscopic theories for nuclear …

Transport model comparison studies of intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

H Wolter, M Colonna, D Cozma, P Danielewicz… - Progress in Particle and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transport models are the main method to obtain physics information on the nuclear equation
of state and in-medium properties of particles from low to relativistic-energy heavy-ion …

Multisystem Bayesian constraints on the transport coefficients of QCD matter

D Everett, W Ke, JF Paquet, G Vujanovic, SA Bass… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We study the properties of the strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma with a multistage model
of heavy-ion collisions that combines the TR ENTo initial condition ansatz, free-streaming …

Exploring QCD matter in extreme conditions with Machine Learning

K Zhou, L Wang, LG Pang, S Shi - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, machine learning has emerged as a powerful computational tool and novel
problem-solving perspective for physics, offering new avenues for studying strongly …

Bayesian analysis of heavy ion collisions with the heavy ion computational framework Trajectum

G Nijs, W Van Der Schee, U Gürsoy, R Snellings - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We introduce a model for heavy ion collisions named trajectum, which includes an
expanded initial stage with a variable free streaming velocity v fs and a hydrodynamic stage …

Phenomenological constraints on the transport properties of QCD matter with data-driven model averaging

D Everett, W Ke, JF Paquet, G Vujanovic, SA Bass… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Using combined data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion and Large Hadron Colliders, we
constrain the shear and bulk viscosities of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at temperatures of∼ …

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) …

Measurements of Proton High-Order Cumulants in Collisions and Implications for the QCD Critical Point

MS Abdallah, BE Aboona, J Adam, L Adamczyk… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
We report cumulants of the proton multiplicity distribution from dedicated fixed-target Au+ Au
collisions at s NN= 3.0 GeV, measured by the STAR experiment in the kinematic acceptance …

Strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars

L Tolos, L Fabbietti - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the present status of the experimental and theoretical developments in the field of
strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars. We start by discussing the K ̄ N interaction, that is …

Transverse momentum differential global analysis of heavy-ion collisions

G Nijs, W Van Der Schee, U Gürsoy, R Snellings - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The understanding of heavy ion collisions and its quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formation
requires a complicated interplay of rich physics in a wealth of experimental data. In this work …