The Phases of QCD in Heavy Ion Collisions and Compact Stars

Details The Phases of QCD in Heavy Ion Collisions and Compact Stars The Phases of QCD in Heavy Ion Collisions and Compact Stars

2000-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0009058v3

Acta Phys.Polon. B31 (2000) 3021; Comments Nucl.Part.Phys. A2 (2002) 120-152

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

29 pages. 4 figures. latex with aipproc. References added and corrected. One version of this review is to appear in the Commen

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I review arguments for the existence of a critical point in the QCD phase diagram as a function of temperature and baryon chemical potential. I describe how heavy ion collision experiments at the SPS and RHIC can discover the tell-tale signatures of such a critical point, thus mapping this region of the QCD phase diagram. I then review the phenomena expected in cold dense quark matter: color superconductivity and color-flavor locking. I close with a snapshot of ongoing explorations of the implications of recent developments in our understanding of cold dense quark matter for the physics of compact stars.

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