The QCD Critical Point and Related Observables
Nuclear Theory
2016-11-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The search for the critical point of QCD in heavy-ion collision experiments has sparked enormous interest with the completion of phase I of the RHIC beam energy scan. Here, I review the basics of the thermodynamics of the QCD phase transition and its implications for experimental multiplicity fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions. Several sources of noncritical fluctuations impact the observables and need to be understood in addition to the critical phenomena. Recent progress has been made in dynamical modeling of critical fluctuations, which ultimately is indispensable to understand potential signals of the QCD critical point in heavy-ion collision.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.07437,
title = {The QCD Critical Point and Related Observables},
author = {Marlene Nahrgang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.07437},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Contribution to the Proceedings of Quark Matter 2015, Kobe, Japan