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Description
Understanding the thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter described by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) lies at the core of explaining, for e.g., the formation of an overwhelming fraction of the visible matter in the universe and the dense baryon matter that exists at the core of the neutron stars. Lattice QCD techniques have provided some spectacular results in this field, specially in the regime of small baryon densities. Recent efforts to extend lattice calculations to higher baryon densities by circumventing the infamous sign-problem will be discussed. Moreover lattice techniques are entering an era of high precision where not only the bulk properties of different phases can be calculated but also can show us a path to understand the underlying mechanisms (chiral symmetry breaking and confinement) that drives the phase transition.
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