Equation of state for strongly interacting matter: collective effects, Landau damping and predictions for LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores the equation of state for strongly interacting matter, emphasizing collective effects and Landau damping, with predictions for LHC heavy-ion collisions and implications for future experiments.

Contribution

It introduces the impact of collective modes and damping on the EOS and provides predictions for LHC/ALICE heavy-ion collision experiments.

Findings

Effects of collective modes on the EOS analyzed

Predictions for LHC/ALICE collisions presented

Discussion on deriving EOS for future experiments

Abstract

The equation of state (EOS) is of utmost importance for the description of the hydrodynamic phase of strongly interacting matter in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Lattice QCD can provide useful information on the EOS, mainly for small net baryon densities. The QCD quasiparticle model provides a means to map lattice QCD results into regions relevant for a variety of experiments. We report here on effects of collectives modes and damping on the EOS. Some predictions for forthcoming heavy-ion collisions at LHC/ALICE are presented and perspectives for deriving an EOS for FAIR/CBM are discussed.