Critical QCD in nuclear collisions

2005/05/20 by N. G. Antoniou, Yiannis Contoyiannis, Y. F. Contoyiannis +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.07.003

published as Nucl.Phys. A761 (2005) 149-161 · 13 pages, 7 figures

arxiv created 2005/05/20 · openalex publication_date 2005/07/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A detailed study of correlated scalars, produced in collisions of nuclei and associated with the σ-field fluctuations, (δσ)²= < σ² >, at the QCD critical point (critical fluctuations), is performed on the basis of a critical event generator (Critical Monte-Carlo) developed in our previous work. The aim of this analysis is to reveal suitable observables of critical QCD in the multiparticle environment of simulated events and select appropriate signatures of the critical point, associated with new and strong effects in nuclear collisions.

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