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Bayesian location of the QCD critical point from a holographic perspective

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arxiv 2309.00579 v2 pith:CNSZVDNY submitted 2023-09-01 nucl-th hep-phhep-thnucl-ex

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A fundamental question in QCD is the existence of a phase transition at large doping of quarks over antiquarks. We present the first prediction of a QCD critical point (CP) from a Bayesian analysis constrained by first principle results at zero doping. We employ the gauge/gravity duality to map QCD onto a theory of dual black holes. Predictions for the CP location in different realizations of the model overlap at one sigma. Even if many prior samples do not include a CP, one is found in nearly 100\% of posterior samples, indicating a strong preference for a CP.

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