Mapping the phases of quantum chromodynamics with beam energy scan

A Bzdak, S Esumi, V Koch, J Liao, M Stephanov, N Xu - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the present status of the search for a phase transition and critical point as well as
anomalous transport phenomena in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), with an emphasis …

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 …

Search for the QCD critical point with fluctuations of conserved quantities in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at RHIC: an overview

X Luo, N Xu - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2017 - Springer
Fluctuations of conserved quantities, such as baryon, electric charge, and strangeness
number, are sensitive observables in relativistic heavy-ion collisions to probe the QCD …

Skewness, kurtosis, and the fifth and sixth order cumulants of net baryon-number distributions from lattice QCD confront high-statistics STAR data

A Bazavov, D Bollweg, HT Ding, P Enns, J Goswami… - Physical review D, 2020 - APS
We present new results on up to sixth-order cumulants of net baryon-number fluctuations at
small values of the baryon chemical potential, μ B, obtained in lattice QCD calculations with …

Lattice QCD and heavy ion collisions: a review of recent progress

C Ratti - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the last few years, numerical simulations of Quantum chromodynamics on the lattice have
reached a new level of accuracy. A wide range of thermodynamic quantities is now available …

Phenomenological review on quark–gluon plasma: Concepts vs. observations

R Pasechnik, M Šumbera - Universe, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this review, we present an up-to-date phenomenological summary of research
developments in the physics of the Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP). A short historical …

Dynamical initial-state model for relativistic heavy-ion collisions

C Shen, B Schenke - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
We present a fully three-dimensional model providing initial conditions for energy and net-
baryon density distributions in heavy-ion collisions at arbitrary collision energy. The model …

Challenges in QCD matter physics--The scientific programme of the Compressed Baryonic Matter experiment at FAIR

T Ablyazimov, A Abuhoza, RP Adak… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
Substantial experimental and theoretical efforts worldwide are devoted to explore the phase
diagram of strongly interacting matter. At LHC and top RHIC energies, QCD matter is studied …

Status and initial physics performance studies of the MPD experiment at NICA

V Abgaryan, R Acevedo Kado, SV Afanasyev… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is under construction at the Joint
Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), with commissioning of the facility expected in late …

Net-baryon diffusion in fluid-dynamic simulations of relativistic heavy-ion collisions

GS Denicol, C Gale, S Jeon, A Monnai, B Schenke… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
A hybrid (hydrodynamics+ hadronic transport) theoretical framework is assembled to model
the bulk dynamics of relativistic heavy-ion collisions at energies accessible in the beam …