QCD equation of state at finite chemical potentials for relativistic nuclear collisions
Akihiko Monnai, Björn Schenke, Chun Shen
Abstract
We review the equation of state of QCD matter at finite densities. We discuss the construction of the equation of state with net baryon number, electric charge, and strangeness using the results of lattice QCD simulations and hadron resonance gas models. Its application to the hydrodynamic analyses of relativistic nuclear collisions suggests that the interplay of multiple conserved charges is important in the quantitative understanding of the dense nuclear matter created at lower beam energies. Several different models of the QCD equation of state are discussed for comparison.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsHadronEquation of stateLattice QCDQCD matterNuclear matterBaryonParticle physicsStrangenessNuclear physicsBaryon numberQuantum electrodynamicsLattice (music)Quark–gluon plasmaResonance (particle physics)Relativistic particleBeam energyLattice field theoryHyperonState (computer science)Elliptic flowQuarkRapidityHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates