Phase transitions in particle physics: Results and perspectives from lattice quantum chromo-dynamics

G Aarts, J Aichelin, C Allton, A Athenodorou… - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phase transitions in a non-perturbative regime can be studied by ab initio Lattice Field
Theory methods. The status and future research directions for LFT investigations of Quantum …

Using gravitational waves to see the first second of the Universe

R Roshan, G White - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2025 - APS
Gravitational waves are a unique probe of the early Universe, as the Universe is transparent
to gravitational radiation right back to the end of inflation. This review summarizes detection …

QCD crossover at finite chemical potential from lattice simulations

S Borsanyi, Z Fodor, JN Guenther, R Kara, SD Katz… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We provide the most accurate results for the QCD transition line so far. We optimize the
definition of the crossover temperature T c, allowing for its very precise determination, and …

Chiral crossover in QCD at zero and non-zero chemical potentials

A Bazavov, HT Ding, P Hegde, O Kaczmarek, F Karsch… - Physics Letters B, 2019 - Elsevier
We present results for pseudo-critical temperatures of QCD chiral crossovers at zero and
non-zero values of baryon (B), strangeness (S), electric charge (Q), and isospin (I) chemical …

Decoding the phase structure of QCD via particle production at high energy

A Andronic, P Braun-Munzinger, K Redlich, J Stachel - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Recent studies based on lattice Monte Carlo simulations of quantum chromodynamics
(QCD)—the theory of strong interactions—have demonstrated that at high temperature there …

[HTML][HTML] The present and future of QCD

P Achenbach, D Adhikari, A Afanasev, F Afzal… - Nuclear Physics A, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective
of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 …

QCD phase structure at finite temperature and density

W Fu, JM Pawlowski, F Rennecke - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
We discuss the phase structure of QCD for N f= 2 and N f= 2+ 1 dynamical quark flavors at
finite temperature and baryon chemical potential. It emerges dynamically from the …

Theoretical and experimental constraints for the equation of state of dense and hot matter

R Kumar, V Dexheimer, J Jahan, J Noronha… - Living Reviews in …, 2024 - Springer
This review aims at providing an extensive discussion of modern constraints relevant for
dense and hot strongly interacting matter. It includes theoretical first-principle results from …

Hot QCD phase diagram from holographic Einstein–Maxwell–Dilaton models

R Rougemont, J Grefa, M Hippert, J Noronha… - Progress in Particle and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this review, we provide an up-to-date account of quantitative bottom-up holographic
descriptions of the strongly coupled quark–gluon plasma (QGP) produced in relativistic …

Nonmonotonic energy dependence of net-proton number fluctuations

J Adam, L Adamczyk, JR Adams, JK Adkins… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Nonmonotonic variation with collision energy (s NN) of the moments of the net-baryon
number distribution in heavy-ion collisions, related to the correlation length and the …