We highlight the progress, current status, and open challenges of QCD-driven physics, in
theory and in experiment. We discuss how the strong interaction is intimately connected to a …

In the last few years, numerical simulations of Quantum chromodynamics on the lattice have
reached a new level of accuracy. A wide range of thermodynamic quantities is now available …

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) …

In this Letter, we introduce a novel scheme for extrapolating the equation of state of QCD to
finite chemical potential that features considerably improved convergence properties and …

Accurate knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of zero-temperature, high-density
quark matter plays an integral role in attempts to constrain the behavior of the dense QCD …

In this review article, we discuss the current status and future prospects of perturbation
theory as a means of studying the equilibrium thermodynamic and near-equilibrium …

We calculate second-and fourth-order cumulants of conserved charges in a temperature
range stretching from the QCD transition region towards the realm of (resummed) …

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 …

I review holographic models for (dense and cold) nuclear matter, neutron stars, and their
mergers. I start by a brief general discussion on current knowledge of cold QCD matter and …

We update results on the QCD equation of state in (2+ 1)-flavor QCD with nonzero
conserved charge chemical potentials obtained from an eighth-order Taylor series. To …