Hadron Properties in the Vicinity of $T_c$

TL;DR

This paper reviews how hadron masses and properties change with temperature, using lattice QCD calculations, as potential indicators of dense hadronic matter formation in nuclear collisions.

Contribution

It provides a synthesis of finite temperature lattice QCD results on hadron properties and the chiral condensate near the critical temperature.

Findings

Hadron masses decrease near $T_c$

Chiral condensate diminishes with temperature

Equation of state shows significant changes at $T_c$

Abstract

Modifications of hadron masses and some of their basic properties with temperature or nuclear density are considered as one possible signature for the formation of dense hadronic matter in nuclear collisions. We discuss here some basic results on the temperature dependence of hadron properties obtained from calculations of hadron correlation functions, the chiral condensate as well as the equation of state in finite temperature lattice QCD.