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Title: Mapping the QCD phase diagram with statistics-friendly distributions

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
 [1];  [2]
  1. AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Krakow (Poland)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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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:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Ministry of Science and Higher Education; National Science Centre of Poland (NCN); Beam Energy Scan Theory (BEST) Topical Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; 2018/30/Q/ST2/00101
OSTI ID:
1580983
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 100, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
Citation information provided by
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