Mapping the QCD phase diagram with statistics-friendly distributions

Journal Article · 14 November 2019 · Physical Review C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.100.051902 · OSTI ID:1580983

Bzdak, Adam ^[1]; Koch, Volker ^[2]

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1. AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Krakow (Poland)
2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

In this paper, we demonstrate that the multiplicity distribution of a system located in the vicinity of a first-order phase transition can be successfully measured in terms of its factorial cumulants with a surprisingly small number of events. This finding has direct implications for the experimental search of a QCD phase transition conjectured to be located in the high baryon density region of the QCD phase diagram.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Topical Collaboration; Ministry of Science and Higher Education; National Science Centre of Poland (NCN); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1580983
• Journal Information: Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 100; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985
• Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English