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Title: Constraining the equation of state of superhadronic matter from heavy-ion collisions

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The equation of state of QCD matter for temperatures near and above the quark-hadron transition (~165 MeV) is inferred within a Bayesian framework through the comparison of data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and from the Large Hadron Collider to theoretical models. State-of-the-art statistical techniques are applied to simultaneously analyze multiple classes of observables while varying 14 independent model parameters. Thus, the resulting posterior distribution over possible equations of state is consistent with results from lattice gauge theory.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC00112704; FG02-03ER41259
OSTI ID:
1201365
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1182804
Report Number(s):
BNL-108185-2015-JA; PRLTAO; R&D Project: PO 004; KB0202012
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 114, Issue 20; Conference: Naples (Italy), 3-5 Jun 2014; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 106 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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