Hadronic Fluctuations and Correlations

2008/10/14 by Volker Koch, Koch, Volker · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0810.2520

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Abstract

We will provide a review of some of the physics which can be addressed by studying fluctuations and correlations in heavy ion collisions. We will discuss Lattice QCD results on fluctuations and correlations and will put them into context with observables which have been measured in heavy-ion collisions. Special attention will be given to the QCD critical point and the first order co-existence region, and we will discuss how the measurement of fluctuations and correlations can help in an experimental search for non-trivial structures in the QCD phase diagram.

Citations

• Relativistic hadron-hadron collisions in the ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics model

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• Exploring the QCD phase diagram through correlations and fluctuations
• High-order cumulants and correlation functions near the critical point from molecular dynamics

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