Map** the phases of quantum chromodynamics with beam energy scan

A Bzdak, S Esumi, V Koch, J Liao, M Stephanov, N Xu - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the present status of the search for a phase transition and critical point as well as
anomalous transport phenomena in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), with an emphasis …

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 …

The BEST framework for the search for the QCD critical point and the chiral magnetic effect

X An, M Bluhm, L Du, GV Dunne, H Elfner, C Gale… - Nuclear Physics A, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Collaboration was formed with the goal of
providing a theoretical framework for analyzing data from the Beam Energy Scan (BES) …

Physical mechanisms for zero-bias conductance peaks in Majorana nanowires

H Pan, S Das Sarma - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Motivated by the need to understand and simulate the ubiquitous experimentally observed
zero-bias conductance peaks in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid structures, we …

Derivation of the nonlocal collision term in the relativistic Boltzmann equation for massive spin- particles from quantum field theory

N Weickgenannt, E Speranza, X Sheng, Q Wang… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We derive the Boltzmann equation and the collision kernel for massive spin-1/2 particles,
using the Wigner-function formalism and employing an expansion in powers of ℏ. The …

Kinetic theory for massive particles from the Wigner-function formalism

N Weickgenannt, XL Sheng, E Speranza, Q Wang… - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We calculate the Wigner function for massive spin-1/2 particles in an inhomogeneous
electromagnetic field to leading order in the Planck constant ℏ. Going beyond leading order …

Generating spin polarization from vorticity through nonlocal collisions

N Weickgenannt, E Speranza, X Sheng, Q Wang… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We derive the collision term in the Boltzmann equation using the equation of motion for the
Wigner function of massive spin-1/2 particles. To next-to-lowest order in ℏ, it contains a …

Foundations and applications of quantum kinetic theory

Y Hidaka, S Pu, Q Wang, DL Yang - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many novel quantum phenomena emerge in non-equilibrium relativistic quantum matter
under extreme conditions such as strong magnetic fields and rotations. The quantum kinetic …

Relativistic hydrodynamics for spin-polarized fluids

W Florkowski, A Kumar, R Ryblewski - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent progress in the formulation of relativistic hydrodynamics for particles with spin one-
half is reviewed. We start with general arguments advising introduction of a tensor spin …

[HTML][HTML] Chiral effects in astrophysics and cosmology

K Kamada, N Yamamoto, DL Yang - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microscopic quantum nature of elementary particles, chirality, leads to macroscopic
phenomena like the chiral anomaly, chiral magnetic effect, and chiral plasma instability. We …