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 …

We report a systematic measurement of cumulants, C n, for net-proton, proton, and
antiproton multiplicity distributions, and correlation functions, κ n, for proton and antiproton …

We report cumulants of the proton multiplicity distribution from dedicated fixed-target Au+ Au
collisions at s NN= 3.0 GeV, measured by the STAR experiment in the kinematic acceptance …

Since the release of the 2015 Long Range Plan in Nuclear Physics, major events have
occurred that reshaped our understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and nuclear …

We present new results on the equation of state and transition line of hot and dense strongly
interacting QCD matter, obtained from a bottom-up Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton holographic …

We present a dynamical description of (anti) proton number cumulants and correlation
functions in central Au-Au collisions at s NN= 7.7–200 GeV by utilizing viscous …

We present a strangeness-neutral equation of state for QCD that exhibits critical behavior
and matches lattice QCD results for the Taylor-expanded thermodynamic variables up to …

Hot QCD physics studies the nuclear strong force under extreme temperature and densities.
Experimentally these conditions are achieved via high-energy collisions of heavy ions at the …

In this work, we study the lensing effect of the QCD critical point on hydrodynamic
trajectories and its consequences on the net-proton kurtosis κ 4. Including critical behavior …

We use the sign-reweighting method to simulate the QCD chiral transition at real baryon
densities on phenomenologically relevant lattices. This avoids the severe limitations of …