Properties of hot and dense matter from relativistic heavy ion collisions
Peter Braun-Munzinger, Volker Koch, Thomas Schaefer, Johanna, Stachel
TL;DR
This paper reviews how experimental data from RHIC and LHC help understand the properties of hot, dense matter created in relativistic heavy ion collisions, focusing on thermalization, equation of state, and in-medium hadron properties.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress in characterizing the bulk properties and in-medium modifications of matter in heavy ion collisions.
Findings
Evidence for thermalization of the medium
Insights into the equation of state of hot dense matter
Measurements of in-medium hadron properties and fluctuations
Abstract
We review the progress achieved in extracting the properties of hot and dense matter from relativistic heavy ion collisions at the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the large hadron collider (LHC) at CERN. We focus on bulk properties of the medium, in particular the evidence for thermalization, aspects of the equation of state, transport properties, as well as fluctuations and correlations. We also discuss the in-medium properties of hadrons with light and heavy quarks, and measurements of dileptons and quarkonia. This review is dedicated to the memory of Gerald E. Brown.
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