Discussion of Current Status of Search for a Critical Point in the QCD Phase Diagram

by Krishna Rajagopal (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

Tuesday 2 Jul 2024, 16:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

4/2-037 - TH meeting room (CERN)

I will aim to initiate and lead a discussion of several recent developments (none of them my own) in the search for a critical point in the QCD phase diagram. Recent developments include new data from STAR from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan and new lattice-based theoretical calculations.  I mentioned these developments very briefly in my Theory Colloquium earlier this month. To begin a discussion of the current status and possible next steps, I will show and discuss slides from the relevant talks at the recent Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement conference.  Andreas Juettner, Urs Wiedemann and I intend this as a joint discussion of the lattice and heavy ion groups here, but anyone interested in the search for a critical point in the QCD phase diagram is most welcome!