Signatures of the chiral critical endpoint of QCD in heavy-ion collisions: the role of finite-size effects

TL;DR

This paper discusses how finite-size effects influence the detection of the QCD critical endpoint signatures in heavy-ion collision experiments, emphasizing the importance of medium size in interpreting experimental results.

Contribution

It highlights the significance of finite-size effects on the signatures of the QCD critical endpoint in heavy-ion collisions, an aspect often overlooked in previous analyses.

Findings

Finite-size effects can alter critical signals in heavy-ion collisions.

Medium size impacts the observability of the QCD critical endpoint.

Understanding these effects is crucial for experimental searches.

Abstract

We briefly discuss the status of the signatures of the QCD critical endpoint in heavy-ion collisions concentrating on the role played by the finiteness of the medium created in such experiments.