Speaker
Prof.
Misha Stephanov
(UIC)
Description
Observables measuring the magnitude and non-Gaussianity of event-by-event fluctuations can be used to discover the QCD critical point in heavy-ion collisions. I shall describe theoretical predictions for the non-Gaussian measures such as skewness, kurtosis and corresponding mixed moments as a function of the beam energy in the presence of the QCD critical point. I shall discuss implications for the RHIC Beam Energy Scan and what we can learn from recent data.
Primary author
Prof.
Misha Stephanov
(UIC)
Co-authors
Christiana Athanasiou
(MIT)
Prof.
Krishna Rajagopal
(MIT)
