Hadron yields and the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter

TL;DR

This paper reviews how hadron yield measurements across various energies inform the understanding of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter, highlighting recent experimental and theoretical advances in thermal models.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of hadron yield interpretations within thermal models over a wide energy range, incorporating recent experimental data and theoretical progress.

Findings

Recent experimental results support thermal model interpretations.

The phase diagram of strongly interacting matter is better constrained.

Advances discussed include new theoretical developments and experimental measurements.

Abstract

This paper presents a brief review of the interpretation of measurements of hadron yields in hadronic interactions within the framework of thermal models, over a broad energy range (from SIS to LHC energies, $\sqrt{s_{NN}} \simeq$ 2.5 GeV -- 5 TeV). Recent experimental results and theoretical developments are reported, with an emphasis on topics discussed during the Quark Matter 2014 conference.