Theoretical and experimental constraints for the equation of state of dense and hot matter
Rajesh Kumar, Verônica Dexheimer, Johannès Jahan, Jorge Noronha, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Claudia Ratti, Nicolás Yunes, Angel Rodrigo Nava Acuna, Mark Alford, Mahmudul Hasan Anik, Debarati Chatterjee, Katerina Chatziioannou, Hsin-Yu Chen, Alexander Clevinger, C.A.N. Conde, Nikolas Cruz-Camacho, Travis Dore, C. Drischler, Hannah Elfner, R. C. Essick, David A. Friedenberg, Suprovo Ghosh, Joaquin Grefa, Roland Haas, Alexander Haber, Jan Hammelmann, Steven P. Harris, C.‐J. Haster, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Maurício Hippert, Renan Hirayama, Jeremy W. Holt, Micheal Kahangirwe, Jamie M. Karthein, Toru Kojo, Philippe Landry, Zidu Lin, Matthew Luzum, T. Andrew Manning, Jordi Salinas, M. Coleman Miller, Elias R. Most, Débora Mroczek, Azwinndini Muronga, Nicolas Patino, J. B. Peterson, Christopher Plumberg, Damien R. P. Price, Constança Providência, Rômulo Rougemont, S. Roy, Hitansh Shah, Stuart L. Shapiro, Andrew W. Steiner, Michael Strickland, Hung Tan, Hajime Togashi, Israel Portillo, Pengsheng Wen, Ziyuan Zhang
Abstract
Abstract This review aims at providing an extensive discussion of modern constraints relevant for dense and hot strongly interacting matter. It includes theoretical first-principle results from lattice and perturbative QCD, as well as chiral effective field theory results. From the experimental side, it includes heavy-ion collision and low-energy nuclear physics results, as well as observations from neutron stars and their mergers. The validity of different constraints, concerning specific conditions and ranges of applicability, is also provided.