Speaker
Volodymyr Vovchenko
(University of Houston)
Description
We formulate a hadron resonance gas model with density-dependent mean field interactions and a generalized excluded volume prescription. The framework, implemented within the open-source Thermal-FIST package, provides a unified description of the hadronic phase in heavy-ion collisions and neutron star matter. We also discuss the interplay of constraints from lattice QCD susceptibilities, nuclear matter, and neutron star observations on the mean field parameters, with a focus on the strangeness dependence of hadronic interactions.
Author
Volodymyr Vovchenko
(University of Houston)
