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Two lectures on Yang-Lee edge singularity and analytic structure of QCD equation of state

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: These lecture notes, prepared for the 2024 XQCD PhD, provide an introduction to the analytic structure of an equation of state near a second-order phase transition and its most prominent landmark: the Yang-Lee edge singularity. In addition to discussing general properties, the notes review recent theoretical progress in locating the QCD critical point by tracking the trajectory of the Yang-Lee edge singularity.

Source: SciPost Physics Lecture Notes

DOI: 10.21468/scipostphyslectnotes.91

Author: Vladimir Skokov

Institution: North Carolina State University

Language: English

Topic: High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Nuclear Physics

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