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 …

Chiral magnetic and vortical effects in high-energy nuclear collisions—A status report

DE Kharzeev, JF Liao, SA Voloshin, G Wang - Progress in Particle and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The interplay of quantum anomalies with magnetic field and vorticity results in a variety of
novel non-dissipative transport phenomena in systems with chiral fermions, including the …

Strangeness in nuclear physics

A Gal, EV Hungerford, DJ Millener - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Extensions of nuclear physics to the strange sector are reviewed, covering data and models
of Λ and other hypernuclei, multistrange matter, and antikaon bound states and …

Properties of hot and dense matter from relativistic heavy ion collisions

P Braun-Munzinger, V Koch, T Schäfer, J Stachel - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
We review the progress achieved in extracting the properties of hot and dense matter from
relativistic heavy ion collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven …

Notes on anomaly induced transport

K Landsteiner - arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04413, 2016 - arxiv.org
Chiral anomalies give rise to dissipationless transport phenomena such as the chiral
magnetic and vortical effects. In these notes I review the theory from a quantum field …

Electromagnetic fields and anomalous transports in heavy-ion collisions—A pedagogical review

XG Huang - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The hot and dense matter generated in heavy-ion collisions may contain domains which are
not invariant under P and CP transformations. Moreover, heavy-ion collisions can generate …

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 …

Chiral magnetic effect reveals the topology of gauge fields in heavy-ion collisions

DE Kharzeev, J Liao - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The topological structure of vacuum is the cornerstone of non-Abelian gauge theories
describing strong and electroweak interactions within the standard model of particle physics …

Vorticity in heavy-ion collisions

WT Deng, XG Huang - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
We study the event-by-event generation of flow vorticity in the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider Au+ Au collisions and CERN Large Hadron Collider Pb+ Pb collisions by using the …

Anomalous chiral transports and spin polarization in heavy-ion collisions

YC Liu, XG Huang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2020 - Springer
Relativistic heavy-ion collisions create hot quark–gluon plasma as well as very strong
electromagnetic (EM) and fluid vortical fields. The strong EM field and vorticity can induce …