Exploring the QCD phase structure with density fluctuations
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-09-18 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We briefly summarize the properties of conserved charge fluctuations as a sensitive probe for the QCD phase transitions. We discuss the density fluctuations which play a significant role to search for the critical end point. The importance of spinodal instabilities to distinguish the first-order phase transition is also indicated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.2487,
title = {Exploring the QCD phase structure with density fluctuations},
author = {C. Sasaki and B. Friman and K. Redlich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.2487},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures; to appear in the proceedings of 4th International Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement, Darmstadt, Germany, 9-13 Jul 2007