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20102026
most citedDense Nuclear Matter Equation of State from Heavy-Ion Collisions

189 citations · 789 across the 42 of their papers we have counts for

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45 papers

nucl-th2026

Deconfinement and the Charge Susceptibility Matrix of QCD

Christopher Grace, Brady Mowbray, Christopher Plumberg

At sufficiently high temperatures, lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) calculations predict that nuclear matter undergoes a rapid crossover to a novel, deconfined state known as t…

nucl-th2026

Searching for the QCD critical point with relativistic viscous hydrodynamics

Kevin P. Pala, Surkhab K. Virk, Isabella Danhoni +3

With the STAR's Beam Energy Scan II, a rich amount of data exists to search for the QCD critical point. However, a central challenge is that the critical point cannot be directly e…

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-th2025★ 1 cited

Maximally Symmetric Boost-Invariant Solutions of the Boltzmann Equation in Foliated Geometries

Mauricio Martinez, Christopher Plumberg

In this work we study the relativistic kinetic theory of a boost-invariant conformal gas on a static, maximally symmetric background , considering all consta…

nucl-th2025

NuclearConfectionery: Multi-stage Simulation Framework for Modeling Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions

Kevin P. Pala, Surkhab Kaur Virk, Dekrayat Almaalol +9

We present the NuclearConfectionery, a modular framework for simulating the full dynamical evolution of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Its core hydrodynamic module, CCAKE 2.0,…

nucl-th2024

Unlocking "imprints" of conserved charges in the initial state of heavy-ion collisions

Fernando G. Gardim, Dekrayat Almaalol, Jordi Salinas San Martín +2

Hydrodynamic approaches to modeling relativistic high-energy heavy-ion collisions are based on the conservation of energy and momentum. However, the medium formed in these collisio…