Recent results from the search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter at the CERN SPS

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental efforts at CERN SPS to find the critical point of strongly interacting matter, focusing on fluctuation signatures and intermittency in particle production.

Contribution

It presents new experimental results on fluctuation signatures and intermittency, advancing the search for the QCD critical point.

Findings

Evidence of event-to-event fluctuations observed

Intermittency patterns in particle production analyzed

Results support the existence of critical phenomena

Abstract

Recent searches at the CERN SPS for evidence of the critical point of strongly interacting matter are discussed. Experimental results on theoretically expected signatures, such as event-to-event fluctuations of the particle multiplicity and the average transverse momentum as well as intermittency in particle production are presented.