Exploring QCD Matter at High Baryon Density

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental efforts to explore the QCD phase diagram at high baryon density, focusing on phase transitions, critical points, and chiral symmetry restoration, and discusses future experimental prospects.

Contribution

It summarizes recent measurements and experimental strategies in probing the QCD phase diagram at high baryon chemical potentials, highlighting ongoing and future experiments.

Findings

Current status of search for first-order phase transition

Evidence related to critical endpoint and chiral symmetry restoration

Outlook on future experiments at FAIR and beam energy scan II

Abstract

This contribution presents a brief summary of the recent past efforts to experimentally explore the QCD phase diagram at high baryon chemical potentials through heavy-ion collisions. A few measurements are highlighted to present the current status in the search for a first-order phase transition, for a possible critical endpoint, and for evidence of chiral symmetry restoration. Finally, the outlook for the ongoing beam energy scan II program and future experiments at the FAIR complex are discussed.