4 papers
Hadron spectra and thermodynamics for all quark flavors from a universal Hagedorn temperature
MichaÅ Marczenko, Larry McLerran, Krzysztof Redlich
We show that hadrons in QCD follow a spectrum determined by string dynamics characterized by a universal Hagedorn temperature linked to the string tension. While this behavior was…
Kinetic theory and the speed of sound in dense matter
MichaÅ Marczenko
We discuss a constraint on the speed of sound, , derived from relativistic kinetic theory and show how it can be expressed in terms of the average sound speed, $\langle c_s^…
Kinetic-Theory Bounds on the Equation of State of Dense QCD Matter
MichaÅ Marczenko
We derive bounds on the equation of state of cold, dense matter by extending the causal, model-agnostic interpolation between chiral effective field theory and perturbative calcula…
Conformality Thresholds in Neutron Stars
MichaÅ Marczenko
The dense-matter equation of state (EOS) under neutron-star conditions is investigated. We focus on the qualitative behavior of the speed of sound and its average. We characterize…