QCD critical point: The race is on

Pramana

Rajiv V Gavai1¹ 

[1] Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India$$

关键词: Critical point;    quantum chromodynamics;    heavy-ion collisions;    lattice quantum chromodynamics.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

A critical point in the phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), if established either theoretically or experimentally, would be as profound a discovery as the good-old gas–liquid critical point. Unlike the latter, however, first-principles-based approaches are being employed to locate it theoretically. Due to the short-lived nature of the concerned phases, novel experimental techniques are needed to search for it. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in USA has an experimental programme to do so. This short review is an attempt to provide a glimpse of the race between the theorists and the experimentalists as well as the synergy between them.

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