Lattice QCD at finite temperature and density
Abstract
I review recent lattice results on strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions, with emphasis on the finite-temperature QCD transition at μB=0, its approach toward the chiral limit and the fate of the UA(1) anomaly, as well as recent constraints on the QCD phase boundary and the possible critical endpoint at μB>0. I also discuss selected advances in lattice methods and in QCD thermodynamics under external conditions, in particular strong magnetic fields, isospin chemical potential, rotation, acceleration, and quark spin polarization.
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