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 …

Polarization and vorticity in the quark–gluon plasma

F Becattini, MA Lisa - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The quark–gluon plasma (QGP) produced by collisions between ultrarelativistic heavy
nuclei is well described in the language of hydrodynamics. Noncentral collisions are …

Cumulants and correlation functions of net-proton, proton, and antiproton multiplicity distributions in collisions at energies available at the BNL Relativistic …

MS Abdallah, J Adam, L Adamczyk, JR Adams… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
We report a systematic measurement of cumulants, C n, for net-proton, proton, and
antiproton multiplicity distributions, and correlation functions, κ n, for proton and antiproton …

Global Λ hyperon polarization in nuclear collisions

L Adamczyk, JK Adkins, G Agakishiev, MM Aggarwal… - Nature, 2017 - escholarship.org
The extreme energy densities generated by ultra-relativistic collisions between heavy atomic
nuclei produce a state of matter that behaves surprisingly like a fluid, with exceptionally high …

Global polarization of hyperons in Au + Au collisions at GeV

J Adam, L Adamczyk, JR Adams, JK Adkins… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
Global polarization of Λ hyperons has been measured to be of the order of a few tenths of a
percentage in Au+ Au collisions at s NN= 200 GeV, with no significant difference between Λ …

Global -hyperon polarization in collisions at

MS Abdallah, BE Aboona, J Adam, L Adamczyk… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Global hyperon polarization, P¯ H, in Au+ Au collisions over a large range of collision
energy, s NN, was recently measured and successfully reproduced by hydrodynamic and …

[HTML][HTML] The present and future of QCD

P Achenbach, D Adhikari, A Afanasev, F Afzal… - Nuclear Physics A, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Foundations and applications of quantum kinetic theory

Y Hidaka, S Pu, Q Wang, DL Yang - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many novel quantum phenomena emerge in non-equilibrium relativistic quantum matter
under extreme conditions such as strong magnetic fields and rotations. The quantum kinetic …

Phase diagram of holographic thermal dense QCD matter with rotation

YQ Zhao, S He, D Hou, L Li, Z Li - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 - Springer
A bstract We study the rotation effects of the hot and dense QCD matter in a non-perturbative
regime by the gauge/gravity duality. We use the gravitational model that is designated to …

[HTML][HTML] Spin hydrodynamics and symmetric energy-momentum tensors–A current induced by the spin vorticity–

K Fukushima, S Pu - Physics Letters B, 2021 - Elsevier
We discuss a puzzle in relativistic spin hydrodynamics; in the previous formulation the spin
source from the antisymmetric part of the canonical energy-momentum tensor (EMT) is …