My PhD thesis
Beyond discussing the VSDF model and the corresponding results from hadronic transport simulations,
the thesis covers a number of more general topics:
Chapter 1 introduces studying the QCD phase diagram with heavy-ion collisions.
Section 2.1 discusses modeling nuclear matter within a mean-field approach (using the Walecka model as an
example) and within a relativistic Landau Fermi-liquid theory.
Chapter 4 describes the SMASH hadronic transport approach.
Appendix B discusses phase transitions.
Appendix C discusses kinematic variables and collision geometry in heavy-ion experiments.
Appendix E connects a relativistic mean-field potential to the Yukawa potential.
Appendix F shows the emergence of an electric-like and magnetic-like contributions from a relativistic vector interaction.
Appendix K discusses parametrization equations for the VSDF model, generalizable to any mean-field model of dense nuclear matter with vector and scalar terms.
Appendix N derives various formulas for the speed of sound (
e.g., isentropic, isothermal).
Appendix Q discusses basics of the kinetic theory: phase space, statistical ensembles, the Liouville theorem,
the BBGKY hierarchy, and the Boltzmann equation.
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