scholarly journals Strangeness at Intermediate Baryon Density

2018 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
David Tlusty
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Baryon Density ◽  
Density Region ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Hadron Gas ◽  
Phase Equilibrium Curve

Exploration of the QCD phase diagram has been one of the main programs of contemporary nuclear physics. The intermediate baryon density region covers a broad range of the baryon chemical potential, between 100 and 700 MeV, and is expected to include a possible critial point at the end of a phase equilibrium curve between the hadron gas and quark gluon plasma phases. Experimental programs at the SPS and RHIC facilities have provided valuable insights in this range. These proceedings motivate the exploration of the QCD phase diagram through the use of strangeness. A selection of relevant experimental results from RHIC and SPS beam energy scan programs with associated theoretical predictions is presented along with a discussion of possible physical conclusions and future plans.

scholarly journals The Little-Bang and the femto-nova in nucleus-nucleus collisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nu Xu ◽  
Kenji Fukushima ◽  
Bedangadas Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Collision Energy ◽  
Particle Production ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Baryon Density ◽  
Point Particle ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Density Region ◽  
Qcd Critical Point ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Lower Collision Energy

AbstractWe make a theoretical and experimental summary of the state-of-the-art status of hot and dense QCD matter studies on selected topics. We review the Beam Energy Scan program for the QCD phase diagram and present the current status of the search for the QCD critical point, particle production in high baryon density region, hypernuclei production, and global polarization effects in nucleus-nucleus collisions. The available experimental data in the strangeness sector suggests that a grand canonical approach in the thermal model at high collision energy makes a transition to the canonical ensemble behavior at low energy. We further discuss future prospects of nuclear collisions to probe properties of baryon-rich matter. Creation of a quark-gluon plasma at high temperature and low baryon density has been called the “Little-Bang” and, analogously, a femtometer-scale explosion of baryon-rich matter at lower collision energy could be called the “femto-nova”, which could possibly sustain substantial vorticity and a magnetic field for non-head-on collisions.

STAR Heavy-ion results

2020 ◽  
pp. 2040007
Author(s):  
David Tlusty
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Dense Nuclear Matter ◽  
Star Experiment ◽  
Future Plans

The exploration of the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram has been one of the main drivers of contemporary nuclear physics. Heavy-ion collisions provide a powerful tool to explore phase structures of strongly interacting hot and dense nuclear matter called Quark–Gluon Plasma (QGP). The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is uniquely suited to map the QCD phase diagram by varying the energy of collisions, as well as nuclei species. These proceedings discuss the most recent results from the STAR experiment at RHIC and future plans.

scholarly journals STRONGLY INTERACTING MATTER AT FINITE CHEMICAL POTENTIAL: HYBRID MODEL APPROACH

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1350051 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. SRIVASTAVA ◽  
C. P. SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Baryon Chemical Potential ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Strongly Interacting ◽  
Hadron Gas ◽  
Quasiparticle Model ◽  
Model Approach

Search for a proper and realistic equation of state (EOS) for strongly interacting matter used in the study of the QCD phase diagram still appears as a challenging problem. Recently, we constructed a hybrid model description for the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) as well as hadron gas (HG) phases where we used an excluded volume model for HG and a thermodynamically consistent quasiparticle model for the QGP phase. The hybrid model suitably describes the recent lattice results of various thermodynamical as well as transport properties of the QCD matter at zero baryon chemical potential (μB). In this paper, we extend our investigations further in obtaining the properties of QCD matter at finite value of μB and compare our results with the most recent results of lattice QCD calculation.

scholarly journals Using the Linear Sigma Model with quarks to describe the QCD phase diagram and to locate the critical end point

2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 08002
Author(s):  
Alejandro Ayala ◽  
Jorge David Castaño-Yepes ◽  
José Antonio Flores ◽  
Saúl Hernández ◽  
Luis Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Critical Temperature ◽  
Sigma Model ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Linear Sigma Model ◽  
Transition Line ◽  
Baryon Chemical Potential ◽  
First Order ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Crossover Transition

We study the QCD phase diagram using the linear sigma model coupled to quarks. We compute the effective potential at finite temperature and quark chemical potential up to ring diagrams contribution. We show that, provided the values for the pseudo-critical temperature Tc = 155 MeV and critical baryon chemical potential μBc ≃ 1 GeV, together with the vacuum sigma and pion masses. The model couplings can be fixed and that these in turn help to locate the region where the crossover transition line becomes first order.

scholarly journals Imaginary Chemical Potential, NJL-Type Model and Confinement–Deconfinement Transition

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kouji Kashiwa
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Finite Temperature ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Type Model ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram

In this review, we present of an overview of several interesting properties of QCD at finite imaginary chemical potential and those applications to exploring the QCD phase diagram. The most important properties of QCD at a finite imaginary chemical potential are the Roberge–Weiss periodicity and the transition. We summarize how these properties play a crucial role in understanding QCD properties at finite temperature and density. This review covers several topics in the investigation of the QCD phase diagram based on the imaginary chemical potential.

scholarly journals Spectrum of QCD at Finite Isospin Density

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 07042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Scior ◽  
Lorenz von Smekal ◽  
Dominik Smith
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Temperature Region ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Phase Diagram Of Qcd ◽  
Baryon Density ◽  
Polyakov Loop ◽  
High Chemical ◽  
Pion Condensation

We study the phase diagram of QCD at finite isospin density using two flavors of staggered quarks. We investigate the low temperature region of the phase diagram where we find a pion condensation phase at high chemical potential. We started a basic analysis of the spectrum at finite isospin density. In particular, we measured pion, rho and nucleon masses inside and outside of the pion condensation phase. In agreement with previous studies in two-color QCD at finite baryon density we find that the Polyakov loop does not depend on the density in the staggered formulation.

scholarly journals Effects of Superstatistics on the Location of the Effective QCD Critical End Point

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 665
Author(s):  
A. Ayala ◽  
M. Hentschinski ◽  
L. A. Hernández ◽  
M. Loewe ◽  
R. Zamora
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Chiral Symmetry Restoration ◽  
Interaction Volume ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
End Point ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Effective Description

Effects of the partial thermalization during the chiral symmetry restoration at the finite temperature and quark chemical potential are considered for the position of the critical end point in an effective description of the QCD phase diagram. We find that these effects cause the critical end point to be displaced toward larger values of the temperature and lower values of the quark chemical potential, as compared to the case where the system can be regarded as completely thermalized. These effects may be important for relativistic heavy ion collisions, where the number of subsystems making up the whole interaction volume can be linked to the finite number of participants in the reaction.

scholarly journals A Study of the Properties of the QCD Phase Diagram in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

Particles ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Luo ◽  
Shusu Shi ◽  
Nu Xu ◽  
Yifei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Ion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Density ◽  
Heavy Flavor ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ◽  
Density Region ◽  
Nuclear Collisions ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Beam Energy Scan ◽  
Ion Collision

With the aim of understanding the phase structure of nuclear matter created in high-energy nuclear collisions at finite baryon density, a beam energy scan program has been carried out at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). In this mini-review, most recent experimental results on collectivity, criticality and heavy flavor productions will be discussed. The goal here is to establish the connection between current available data and future heavy-ion collision experiments in a high baryon density region.

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