QCD thermodynamics on the lattice
arXiv:1403.2102 · doi:10.1155/2013/452978
Abstract
A remarkable progress has been made in the understanding of the hot and dense QCD matter using lattice gauge theory. The issues which are very well understood as well those which require both conceptual as well as algorithmic advances are highlighted. The recent lattice results on QCD thermodynamics which are important in the context of the heavy ion experiments are reviewed. Instances of greater synergy between the lattice theory and the experiments in the recent years are discussed where lattice results could be directly used as benchmarks for experiments and results from the experiments would be a crucial input for lattice computations.
26 pages, almost matches the published version
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