Observation of the critical end point in the phase diagram for hot and dense nuclear matter

Abstract

Excitation functions for the Gaussian emission source radii difference ($R_{\text{out}}^2-R_{\text{side}}^2$) obtained from two-pion interferometry measurements in Au+Au ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}=7.7-200$ GeV) and Pb+Pb ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76$ TeV) collisions, are studied for a broad range of collision centralities. The observed non-monotonic excitation functions validate the finite-size scaling patterns expected for the deconfinement phase transition and the critical end point (CEP), in the temperature vs. baryon chemical potential ($T,{\mu }_B$) plane of the nuclear matter phase diagram. A Finite-Size Scaling (FSS) analysis of these data indicate a second order phase transition with the estimates $T^{\text{cep}}\sim 165$~MeV and ${\mu }_B^{\text{cep}}\sim 95$~MeV for the location of the critical end point. The critical exponents ($\nu \sim 0.66$ and $\gamma \sim 1.2$) extracted via the same FSS analysis, places the CEP in the 3D Ising model universality class.

5 pages, 4 figures, submitted for publication

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