Net-baryon scaling near the QCD critical point
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
The net-baryon density at midrapidity is proposed as an order parameter in the search for the QCD critical point in heavy ion collisions. As a function of the initial energy and the total number of participants, this quantity obeys a scaling law, dictated by the critical exponents of the appropriate universality class. The corresponding scaling variable specifies the proximity of a given experiment to the critical point. Within this framework, measurements at the SPS are discussed and predictions for RHIC and LHC are extracted.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0012163,
title = {Net-baryon scaling near the QCD critical point},
author = {N. G. Antoniou and F. K. Diakonos and A. S. Kapoyannis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0012163},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, some corrections have been made and a figure has been added