QCD at high temperature and density: selected highlights

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) related to high temperature and density, focusing on phase transitions, dense matter, and properties of hadrons and transport phenomena.

Contribution

It summarizes key developments in understanding QCD under extreme conditions, highlighting progress in phase transition characterization and hadron behavior at high temperature and density.

Findings

Insights into the nature of the high-temperature transition

Understanding of cold and dense QCD matter

Results on hadron properties and transport coefficients at high temperature

Abstract

I review some of the recent progress in QCD at high temperature and density, with a focus on the nature of the high-temperature transition; cold and dense matter; and hadron properties and transport coefficients at high temperature.