A Study of the Properties of the QCD Phase Diagram in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions
Xiaofeng Luo, Shusu Shi, Nu Xu, Yifei Zhang
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsNuclear physicsCollisionParticle physicsNuclear matterQuantum chromodynamicsBeam energyHeavy ionColliderBaryonRelativistic Heavy Ion ColliderCriticalityPhase (matter)Connection (principal bundle)Large Hadron ColliderNuclear criticality safetyPhase diagramEnergy (signal processing)High energyQuark–gluon plasmaQCD matterBaryon numberBeam (structure)Energy densityCurrent (fluid)DiagramNuclear structurePhase transitionNuclear dataExperimental dataHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchNuclear physics research studiesParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies