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The experimental search for the QCD critical point by means of relativistic heavy-ion collisions necessitates the development of dynamical models of fluctuations. In this work we study the fluctuations of the net-baryon density near the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-11-25 Marlene Nahrgang , Marcus Bluhm

A quantitatively reliable theoretical description of the dynamics of fluctuations in non-equilibrium is indispensable in the experimental search for the QCD critical point by means of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this work we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Marlene Nahrgang , Marcus Bluhm , Thomas Schaefer , Steffen A. Bass

Topological defects are fundamental to the collective dynamics of non-equilibrium systems and in active matter, mediating spontaneous flows, dynamic self-organization, and emergent pattern formation. Here, we reveal critical states in…

A system of bosons studied within the mean field framework has two fascinating phenomena: a liquid-gas first order phase transition and Bose-Einstein condensation. Interplay between these two phenomena is being investigated. Depending on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-27 V. A. Kuznietsov , O. Savchuk , O. S. Stashko , M. I. Gorenstein

We continue the study initiated in [arXiv:1708.02252] of the fluctuations of a strongly-coupled non-conformal plasma described holographically by Einstein gravity coupled to a dilaton with an exponential potential. The plasma approaches a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-06 Panagiotis Betzios , Umut Gürsoy , Matti Järvinen , Giuseppe Policastro

Critical exceptional points (CEPs) are nonequilibrium critical points in open many-body systems at which multiple collective excitation modes coalesce. CEPs are known to amplify classical fluctuations, but their effect on genuinely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Yuma Nakanishi

In statistical physics, it is well established that the liquid-gas (LG) phase transition with divergent critical fluctuations belongs to the Ising universality class. Whether non-equilibrium effects can alter this universal behavior remains…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-07 Shang Gao , Hao Shang , Hao Hu , Yu-Qiang Ma , Qun-Li Lei

We study dissipative phase transition near the critical point for a system with two-photon driving and nonlinear dissipation. The proposed mean-field theory, which explicitly takes into account quantum fluctuations, allowed us to describe…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-02 V. Yu. Mylnikov , S. O. Potashin , G. S. Sokolovskii , N. S. Averkiev

In multi-band metals quasi-particles arising from different atomic orbitals coexist at a common Fermi surface. Superconductivity in these materials may appear due to interactions within a band (intra-band) or among the distinct metallic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-19 Aline Ramires , Mucio A. Continentino

We explore spatial symmetry breaking of a dipolar Bose Einstein condensate in the thermodynamic limit and reveal a critical point in the phase diagram at which crystallization occurs via a second order phase transition. This behavior is…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-07-09 Yong-Chang Zhang , Fabian Maucher , Thomas Pohl

We study fluctuating field models with spontaneously emerging dynamical phases. We consider two typical transition scenarios associated with parity-time symmetry breaking: oscillatory instabilities and critical exceptional points. An…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-08 Thomas Suchanek , Klaus Kroy , Sarah A. M. Loos

Order parameter fluctuations for the two dimensional Ising model in the region of the critical temperature are presented. A locus of temperatures T*(L) and of magnetic fields B*(L) are identified, for which the probability density function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Maxime Clusel , Jean-Yves Fortin , Peter C. W. Holdsworth

In this paper, based on the $ AdS_{2}/CFT_{1} $ prescription, we explore the low frequency behavior of quantum two point functions for a special class of strongly coupled CFTs in one dimension whose dual gravitational counterpart consists…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-01 Dibakar Roychowdhury

The QCD critical point can be found in heavy ion collision experiments via the non-monotonic behavior of many fluctuation observables as a function of the collision energy. The event-by-event fluctuations of various particle multiplicities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-03-23 Christiana Athanasiou , Krishna Rajagopal , Misha Stephanov

This contribution presents a review of our present theoretical as well as experimental knowledge of different fluctuation observables relevant to nuclear multifragmentation. The possible connection between the presence of a fluctuation peak…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Gulminelli , M. D'Agostino

We study the universal thermodynamic properties of systems consisting of many coupled oscillators operating in the vicinity of a homogeneous oscillating instability. In the thermodynamic limit, the Hopf bifurcation is a dynamic critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-09-22 Thomas Risler , Jacques Prost , Frank Julicher

Critical points and phase transitions are characterized by diverging susceptibilities, reflecting the tendency of the system toward spontaneous symmetry breaking. Equilibrium statistical mechanics bounds these instabilities to occur at zero…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-03 Orazio Scarlatella , Rosario Fazio , Marco Schiró

The QCD critical point can be found in heavy ion collision experiments via the non-monotonic behavior of many fluctuation observables as a function of the collision energy. The event-by-event fluctuations of various particle multiplicities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-21 Christiana Athanasiou , Krishna Rajagopal , Misha Stephanov

Topology and anomalies lead to edge modes that can interact with critical bulk fluctuations. To study this setup, pertaining to boundary criticality, we consider a model exhibiting a deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP) between a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-10 Yuhai Liu , Toshihiro Sato , Disha Hou , Zhenjiu Wang , Wenan Guo , Fakher F. Assaad

We develop the model of the critical phenomena of strongly interacting matter at high temperatures and baryon densities. The dual Yang-Mills theory with scalar degrees of freedom (the dilatons) is used. The dilatons are the consequence of a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-02-17 G. Kozlov