Features of the QCD phase diagram from small, noisy, fluctuating systems
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2017-12-14 v1 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Current heavy-ion collision experiments might lead to the discovery of a first-order chiral symmetry breaking phase-transition line, ending in a second-order critical point. Nevertheless, the extraction of information about the equilibrium thermodynamic properties of baryonic matter from the highly dynamic, small, noisy and fluctuating environment formed in such collisions is an extremely challenging task. We address some of the limitations present in the experimental search for the QCD critical point.
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@article{arxiv.1708.04933,
title = {Features of the QCD phase diagram from small, noisy, fluctuating systems},
author = {Eduardo S. Fraga and Maurício Hippert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04933},
year = {2017}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures. Prepared for the proceedings of Excited QCD 2017, 7-13 May 2017, Sintra, Portugal