The QCD Phase Diagram in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiho Nonaka
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Ion Collisions

scholarly journals Isentropic evolution of the matter in heavy-ion collisions and the search for the critical endpoint

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Motta ◽  
Rainer Stiele ◽  
Wanda Maria Alberico ◽  
Andrea Beraudo
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Dense Matter ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Momentum Spectra ◽  
Beam Energy Scan ◽  
Near Future

Abstract We study the isentropic evolution of the matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions for various values of the entropy-per-baryon ratio of interest for the ongoing and future experimental searches for the critical endpoint (CEP) in the QCD phase diagram: these includes the current beam-energy-scan (BES) program at RHIC and the fixed-target collisions foreseen for the near future at various facilities. We describe the hot-dense matter through two different effective Lagrangians: the PNJL (Polyakov–Nambu–Jona–Lasinio) and the PQM (Polyakov-quark-meson) models. We focus on quantities expected to have a direct experimental relevance: the speed of sound, responsible for the collective acceleration of the fireball, and the generalized susceptibilities, connected to the cumulants of the distributions of conserved charges. In principle they should affect the momentum spectra and the event-by-event fluctuations of the yields of identified particles. Taking realistic values for the initial temperature and the entropy-per-baryon ratio we study the temporal evolution of the above quantities looking for differences along isentropic trajectories covering different regions of the QCD phase diagram, passing far or close to the CEP or even intersecting the first-order critical line.

scholarly journals Dynamics of QCD matter — current status

2021 ◽  
pp. 2130001
Author(s):  
Amaresh Jaiswal ◽  
Najmul Haque ◽  
Aman Abhishek ◽  
Raktim Abir ◽  
Aritra Bandyopadhyay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Quark Gluon Plasma ◽  
Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Transport Coefficients ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Gluon Plasma ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Qcd Phase Diagram ◽  
Ion Collisions

In this article, there are 18 sections discussing various current topics in the field of relativistic heavy-ion collisions and related phenomena, which will serve as a snapshot of the current state of the art. Section 1 reviews experimental results of some recent light-flavored particle production data from ALICE collaboration. Other sections are mostly theoretical in nature. Very strong but transient magnetic field created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions could have important observational consequences. This has generated a lot of theoretical activity in the last decade. Sections 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11 deal with the effects of the magnetic field on the properties of the QCD matter. More specifically, Sec. 2 discusses mass of [Formula: see text] in the linear sigma model coupled to quarks at zero temperature. In Sec. 7, one-loop calculation of the anisotropic pressure are discussed in the presence of strong magnetic field. In Sec. 9, chiral transition and chiral susceptibility in the NJL model is discussed for a chirally imbalanced plasma in the presence of magnetic field using a Wigner function approach. Sections 10 discusses electrical conductivity and Hall conductivity of hot and dense hadron gas within Boltzmann approach and Sec. 11 deals with electrical resistivity of quark matter in presence of magnetic field. There are several unanswered questions about the QCD phase diagram. Sections 3, 11 and 18 discuss various aspects of the QCD phase diagram and phase transitions. Recent years have witnessed interesting developments in foundational aspects of hydrodynamics and their application to heavy-ion collisions. Sections 12 and 15–17 of this article probe some aspects of this exciting field. In Sec. 12, analytical solutions of viscous Landau hydrodynamics in 1+1D are discussed. Section 15 deals with derivation of hydrodynamics from effective covariant kinetic theory. Sections 16 and 17 discuss hydrodynamics with spin and analytical hydrodynamic attractors, respectively. Transport coefficients together with their temperature- and density-dependence are essential inputs in hydrodynamical calculations. Sections 5, 8 and 14 deal with calculation/estimation of various transport coefficients (shear and bulk viscosity, thermal conductivity, relaxation times, etc.) of quark matter and hadronic matter. Sections 4, 6 and 13 deal with interesting new developments in the field. Section 4 discusses color dipole gluon distribution function at small transverse momentum in the form of a series of Bells polynomials. Section 6 discusses the properties of Higgs boson in the quark–gluon plasma using Higgs–quark interaction and calculate the Higgs decays into quark and anti-quark, which shows a dominant on-shell contribution in the bottom-quark channel. Section 13 discusses modification of coalescence model to incorporate viscous corrections and application of this model to study hadron production from a dissipative quark–gluon plasma.

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.

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