QCD phase diagram and the critical point

Abstract

The recent progress in understanding the QCD phase diagram and the physics of the QCD critical point is reviewed.

arXiv comment18 pages, 11 figures, for proceedings of "Finite Density QCD at Nara", July 2003

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