Further developments of a multi-phase transport model for relativistic nuclear collisions

A multi-phase transport (AMPT) model was constructed as a self-contained kinetic theory-based description of relativistic nuclear collisions as it contains four main components: the fluctuating initial condition, a parton cascade, hadronization, and a hadron cascade. Here, we review the main developments after the first public release of the AMPT source code in 2004 and the corresponding publication that described the physics details of the model at that time. We also discuss possible directions for future developments of the AMPT model to better study the properties of the dense matter created in relativistic collisions of small or large systems.

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The AMPT model is a self-contained multi-phase transport model based on kinetic theory, used for describing relativistic nuclear collisions. It consists of four main components: fluctuating initial condition, parton cascade, hadronization, and hadron cascade. Future developments aim to better study the properties of dense matter created in relativistic collisions of small or large systems.