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most citedDynamics of critical fluctuations: Theory -- phenomenology -- heavy-ion collisions

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nucl-th2026

Four-dimensional QCD equation of state with a critical surface from contours of constant entropy density

Tristan Gyure, Hitansh Shah, Lorenzo Formaggio +4

We present a new lattice-QCD-based equation of state in the four-dimensional space of which features a critical surface. This is obtained by generalizing the expa…

hep-ph2026

QCD thermodynamics through the crossover as a gas of confining strings with repulsive interactions

Yuki Fujimoto, Volodymyr Vovchenko

We investigate QCD thermodynamics in the intermediate-temperature regime using a gas of confining strings supplemented by excluded volume (EV) corrections. In this description, the…

nucl-th2026

Hadron resonance gas with density-dependent interactions for neutron stars and heavy-ion collisions

Volodymyr Vovchenko, Volodymyr Kuznietsov, Tripp Moss

We present a density-dependent generalization of the van der Waals hadron resonance gas model (DD-HRG) for describing both the hot hadronic matter created in heavy-ion collisions a…

hep-ph2026

Extraction of baryon number susceptibilities at finite density from heavy-ion collisions

Grégoire Pihan, Roman Poberezhniuk, Volodymyr A. Kuznietsov +1

We present, to our knowledge, the first Bayesian extraction of baryon number susceptibilities of QCD matter at finite baryon density from heavy-ion collision data on proton number…

nucl-th2026

Hadronic and partonic composition of QCD matter across the crossover

Artemiy Lysenko, Mark I. Gorenstein, Marek Gazdzicki +2

We construct a simple equation of state of strongly interacting matter at zero chemical potentials that provides a unified description of lattice QCD thermodynamics in terms of had…

hep-ph2026

Subensemble Acceptance Method 3.0: General Corrections to Cumulants from Exact Conservation Constraints

Roman Poberezhniuk, Volodymyr A. Kuznietsov, Grégoire Pihan +1

We present the subensemble acceptance method 3.0 (SAM-3.0), which corrects cumulants of an observable measured in a subsystem of a large system for the effect of exact global conse…

nucl-th2026

QCD critical surface from constant entropy contours

Hitansh Shah, Tristan Gyure, Anabella Leon +4

We provide the first mapping of the critical surface in (2+1)-flavor QCD in the full space, anchored on lattice QCD results at vanishing chemical potentials and o…

nucl-th2026

Studying the QCD Matter produced in Heavy-Ion Collisions using the MUSES Calculation Engine

Johannes Jahan, Kevin P. Pala, Yumu Yang +42

The equation of state of hot and dense matter is essential for describing heavy-ion collisions at all collision energies. Here, we explore the capabilities of the latest version of…

hep-lat2026

Electric charge fluctuations from lattice QCD in the continuum limit

Szabolcs Borsányi, Zoltán Fodor, Jana N. Guenther +5

Electric charge fluctuations allow comparisons between theory and experiment, but are elusive on the lattice due to severe cutoff effects. We use a 4HEX action to obtain $χ…

hep-ph2026

Canonical statistical hadronization with local baryon conservation for higher-order cumulants

Mario Ciacco, Sourav Kundu, Volodymyr A. Kuznietsov +2

We study higher-order cumulants of the conserved baryon number at the LHC within the canonical ensemble with local baryon conservation. We generalize the density correlations appro…

hep-ph2026

Disentangling baryon stopping and neutron skin effects in heavy-ion collisions

Grégoire Pihan, Volodymyr Vovchenko

We analyse the net baryon (B) and net electric charge (Q) stopping in heavy-ion collisions using the statistical model. Focusing first on isobar collisions and $\…

hep-ph2026★ 1 cited

Lattice-based equation of state with a critical point from constant entropy contours and its comparison to effective QCD approaches

Hitansh Shah, Mauricio Hippert, Jorge Noronha +2

In this work, we systematically assess the performance of a new method from [H. Shah et al., Phys. Rev. C 113, L012201] for locating the QCD critical point using constant-entropy c…

nucl-th2025★ 1 cited

Exploring the QCD phase diagram through correlations and fluctuations

Volker Koch, Volodymyr Vovchenko

The exploration of the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram is a central goal of relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments. This review focuses on the role of fluctuations…

hep-ph2025

Upper Bound on the Cosmic Baryon Chemical Potential from Lepton-Flavor Asymmetry

Francesco Di Clemente, Alessandro Drago, Lorenzo Formaggio +3

We study the early Universe trajectory around the QCD transition in lepton-flavor-asymmetric cases with small total lepton asymmetry (), while allowing larg…

hep-ph2025

Searching for the QCD critical point through constant entropy density contours

Hitansh Shah, Mauricio Hippert, Jorge Noronha +2

We propose a novel method to locate the QCD critical point by constructing an expansion along contours of constant entropy density. Applying two independent analysis of lattice QCD…

nucl-th2025

Probing QGP using local charge fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions

Jonathan Parra, Roman Poberezhniuk, Volker Koch +2

We revisit the D-measure of event-by-event net-electric charge fluctuations, an idea first introduced over 20 years ago as a potential signature for the presence of quark-gluon pla…

hep-ph2025

Indications for freeze-out of charge fluctuations in the quark-gluon plasma at the LHC

Jonathan Parra, Roman Poberezhniuk, Volker Koch +2

The D-measure of net-charge fluctuations quantifies the variance of net charge in strongly interacting matter. It was introduced over 20 years ago as a potential signal of quark-gl…

hep-lat2025

Lattice QCD constraints on the critical point from an improved precision equation of state

Szabolcs Borsanyi, Zoltan Fodor, Jana N. Guenther +5

In this Letter we employ lattice simulations to search for the critical point of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). We search for the onset of a first order QCD transition on the phase…

nucl-th2025★ 1 cited

Building Neutron Stars with the MUSES Calculation Engine

Mateus Reinke Pelicer, Nikolas Cruz-Camacho, Carlos Conde +25

Exploring the equation of state of dense matter is an essential part of interpreting the observable properties of neutron stars. We present here the first results for dense matter…

nucl-th2020★ 14 cited

Dynamics of critical fluctuations: Theory -- phenomenology -- heavy-ion collisions

M. Bluhm, M. Nahrgang, A. Kalweit +27

This report summarizes the presentations and discussions during the Rapid Reaction Task Force "Dynamics of critical fluctuations: Theory -- phenomenology -- heavy-ion collisions",…