Modeling chiral criticality
Abstract
We discuss the critical properties of net-baryon-number fluctuations at the chiral restoration transition in matter at nonzero temperature and net-baryon density. The chiral dynamics of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is modeled by the Polykov-loop extended Quark-Meson Lagrangian, that includes the coupling of quarks to temporal gauge fields. The Functional Renormalization Group is employed to account for the criticality at the phase boundary. We focus on the ratios of the net-baryon-number cumulants, Bn, for 1≤ n≤ 4. The results are confronted with recent experimental data on fluctuations of the net-proton number in nucleus-nucleus collisions.
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