Particles (Apr 2020)

A Study of the Properties of the QCD Phase Diagram in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions

  • Xiaofeng Luo,
  • Shusu Shi,
  • Nu Xu,
  • Yifei Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/particles3020022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 278 – 307

Abstract

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With the aim of understanding the phase structure of nuclear matter created in high-energy nuclear collisions at finite baryon density, a beam energy scan program has been carried out at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). In this mini-review, most recent experimental results on collectivity, criticality and heavy flavor productions will be discussed. The goal here is to establish the connection between current available data and future heavy-ion collision experiments in a high baryon density region.

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