Journal
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 299-342Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2016.04.002
Keywords
Fluctuations; Non-Gaussianity; Relativistic heavy-ion collisions
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Funding
- JSPS KAKENHI [23540307, 25800148, 26400272]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26400272, 25800148, 23540307] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Bulk fluctuations of conserved charges measured by event-by-event analysis in relativistic heavy ion collisions are observables which are believed to carry significant amount of information on the hot medium created by the collisions. Active studies have been done recently experimentally, theoretically, and on the lattice. In particular, non-Gaussianity of the fluctuations has acquired much attention recently. In this review, we give a pedagogical introduction to these issues, and survey recent developments in this field of research. Starting from the definition of cumulants, basic concepts in fluctuation physics, such as thermal fluctuations in statistical mechanics and time evolution of fluctuations in diffusive systems, are described. Phenomena which are expected to occur in finite temperature and/or density QCD matter and their measurement by event-by-event analyses are also elucidated. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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