Heavy-Ion Collisions toward High-Density Nuclear Matter

Abstract

In the present paper, the current efforts in heavy-ion collisions toward high-density nuclear matter will be discussed. First, the essential points learned from RHIC and LHC will be reviewed. Then, the present data from the STAR Beam Energy Scan are discussed. Finally, the current efforts, NICA, FAIR, HIAF, and J-PARC-HI (heavy ion) are described. In particular, the efforts of the J-PARC-HI project are described in detail.

Keywords

• relativistic heavy-ion collision
• high-temperature matter
• high-density nuclear matter
• RHIC
• LHC
• NICA