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 …

The QCD phase diagram and Beam Energy Scan physics: a theory overview

L Du, A Sorensen, M Stephanov - International Journal of Modern …, 2024 - World Scientific
We review recent theoretical developments relevant to heavy-ion experiments carried out
within the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our main focus …

Beam Energy Dependence of Triton Production and Yield Ratio () in Collisions at RHIC

MI Abdulhamid, BE Aboona, J Adam, JR Adams… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
We report the triton (t) production in midrapidity (| y|< 0.5) Au+ Au collisions at s NN= 7.7–
200 GeV measured by the STAR experiment from the first phase of the beam energy scan at …

Sensitivity of collisions to the symmetric nuclear matter equation  of state at 2–5 nuclear saturation densities

D Oliinychenko, A Sorensen, V Koch, L McLerran - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate that proton and pion flow measurements in heavy-ion collisions at incident
energies ranging from 1 to 20 GeV per nucleon in the fixed target frame can be used for an …

The exploration of hot and dense nuclear matter: introduction to relativistic heavy-ion physics

H Elfner, B Müller - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This article summarizes our present knowledge about nuclear matter at the highest energy
densities and its formation in relativistic heavy ion collisions. We review what is known about …

Particle production in a hybrid approach for a beam energy scan of Au+Au/Pb+Pb collisions between = 4.3 GeV and = 200.0 GeV

A Schäfer, I Karpenko, XY Wu, J Hammelmann… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy-ion collisions at varying collision energies provide access to different regions of the
QCD phase diagram. In particular collisions at intermediate energies are promising …

Dynamical mechanisms for deuteron production at mid-rapidity in relativistic heavy-ion collisions from energies available at the GSI Schwerionensynchrotron to those …

G Coci, S Gläßel, V Kireyeu, J Aichelin, C Blume… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The understanding of the mechanisms for the production of weakly bound clusters, such as
a deuteron d, in heavy-ion reactions at mid-rapidity is presently one of the challenging …

Energy and centrality dependence of light nuclei production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

LL Zhu, B Wang, M Wang, H Zheng - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2022 - Springer
We study the energy and centrality dependence of deuteron and triton (helium-3) production
in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and …

Light-nuclei production in collisions at GeV within a thermodynamical approach: Bulk properties and collective flow

M Kozhevnikova, YB Ivanov - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
We present results of simulations of light-nuclei production in Au+ Au collisions at a collision
energy of s NN= 3 GeV within the updated Three-fluid Hydrodynamics-based Event …