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Use of the Meta-Analysis and Kolmogorov Criteria in the Finding of Singularities of a Nuclear Matter Created in Ultra-Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

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Published theoretical data from several models – PHSD/HSD both with and without chiral symmetry restoration (CSR), applied to experimental data on nuclear collisions from BEVALAC/SIS to LHC energies were analyzed using meta-analysis and Kolmogorov criteria. This made it possible to localize possible features of nuclear matter created in central nucleus-nucleus collisions. Ignition of a drop of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) begins already at an energy of about √sNN = 2 GeV. The assessment showed that this QGP droplet occupies a small fraction, 15% (average radius of about 5.3 fm, if the fireball radius is 10 fm), of the total volume of the fireball created at √sNN = 2.7 GeV. A drop of exotic matter undergoes a split phase transition – separated boundaries of sharp (1st order) crossover and CSR in chiral limit, between QGP and Quarkyonic matter at an energy about √sNN = 3.5 GeV. The critical endpoint of 2nd order probably cannot be reached in nuclear collisions. The triple phase area occupies interval from √sNN =12 GeV to 15 GeV, the critical endpoint of 1st order – at around √sNN = 20 GeV. The boundary of smooth (2nd order) crossover transition with CSR in chiral limit between Quarkyonic matter and QGP was localized between √sNN = 9.3 GeV and 12 GeV, and between Hadronic and QGP in the interval from √sNN = 15 GeV to 20 GeV, the boundary of sharp (1st order) crossover transition with CSR in chiral limit between Hadronic matter and QGP was localized after √sNN = 20 GeV. The phase trajectory of the hadronic corona, enveloping the exotic droplet, always remains in the hadronic phase. The possible phase diagram of nuclear matter created in mid-central heavy ion collisions is also presented in the same energy range as for central collisions. Taking into account the quantum nature of the fireball created in nuclear collisions, emphasis is on the existence of events in central nuclear collisions at energy range from √sNN = 2 GeV to 2.76 TeV, at which no exotic matter is created and nuclear matter in the fireball remains in the hadronic phase throughout its (fireball) evolution.

Published in Nuclear Science (Volume 9, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ns.20240902.13
Page(s) 40-50
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Quark-Gluon Plasma, Quarkyonic Matter, Heavy Ion Collisions, QCD Phase Diagram, Kolmogorov Criteria

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