The QCD phase diagram and Beam Energy Scan physics: A theory overview
Lipei Du, Agnieszka Sorensen, Mikhail Stephanov
Abstract
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 is on the description of the dynamics of systems created in heavy-ion collisions and establishing the necessary connection between the experimental observables and the QCD phase diagram.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsQuantum chromodynamicsBeam energyPhase diagramParticle physicsBeam (structure)Energy (signal processing)Phase (matter)DiagramNuclear physicsTheoretical physicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsStatisticsMathematicsHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates