Event-by-event fluctuations in heavy ion collisions and the QCD critical point

M Stephanov, K Rajagopal, E Shuryak - Physical Review D, 1999 - APS
The event-by-event fluctuations of suitably chosen observables in heavy ion collisions at
CERN SPS, BNL RHIC, and CERN LHC can tell us about the thermodynamic properties of …

Dynamically exploring the QCD matter at finite temperatures and densities: a short review

S Wu, C Shen, H Song - Chinese Physics Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a concise review on recent theory advancements towards full-fledged (3+ 1) D
dynamical descriptions of relativistic nuclear collisions at finite baryon density. Heavy-ion …

Chiral phase transition within effective models with constituent quarks

O Scavenius, A Mocsy, IN Mishustin, DH Rischke - Physical Review C, 2001 - APS
We study the chiral phase transition at nonzero temperature T and baryon chemical potential
μ B within the framework of the linear sigma model and the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio (NJL) …

Dynamics of hot bulk QCD matter: From the quark-gluon plasma to hadronic freeze-out

SA Bass, A Dumitru - Physical Review C, 2000 - APS
We introduce a combined macroscopic-microscopic transport approach employing
relativistic hydrodynamics for the early, dense, deconfined stage of the reaction and a …

Spinodal Amplification of Density Fluctuations in Fluid-Dynamical Simulations<? format?> of Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

J Steinheimer, J Randrup - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
Extending a previously developed two-phase equation of state, we simulate head-on
relativistic lead-lead collisions with fluid dynamics, augmented with a finite-range term, and …

Nonequilibrium chiral fluid dynamics including dissipation and noise

M Nahrgang, S Leupold, C Herold, M Bleicher - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2011 - APS
We present a consistent theoretical approach for the study of nonequilibrium effects in chiral
fluid dynamics within the framework of the linear σ model with constituent quarks. Treating …

Dynamical net-proton fluctuations near a QCD critical point

C Herold, M Nahrgang, Y Yan, C Kobdaj - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
We investigate the evolution of the net-proton kurtosis and the kurtosis of the chiral order
parameter near the critical point in the model of nonequilibrium chiral fluid dynamics. The …

Event simulation based on three-fluid hydrodynamics for collisions at energies available at the Dubna Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Facility and at the Facility for …

P Batyuk, D Blaschke, M Bleicher, YB Ivanov… - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
We present an event generator based on the three-fluid hydrodynamics approach for the
early stage of the collision, followed by a particlization at the hydrodynamic decoupling …

Bulk-viscosity-driven clusterization of quark-gluon plasma and early freeze-out in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

G Torrieri, B Tomášik, I Mishustin - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2008 - APS
We introduce a new scenario for heavy ion collisions that could solve the lingering problems
associated with the so-called Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) puzzle. We postulate that the …

Chiral fluid dynamics with explicit propagation of the Polyakov loop

C Herold, M Nahrgang, I Mishustin, M Bleicher - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2013 - APS
We present a fully dynamical model to study nonequilibrium effects in both the chiral and the
deconfinement phase transition. The sigma field and the Polyakov loop as the …