NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 4, 040006(2023)
Several problems in determining the QCD phase boundary by relativistic heavy ion collisions
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Yuanfang WU, Xiaobing LI, Lizhu CHEN, Zhiming LI, Mingmei XU, Xue PAN, Fan ZHANG, Yanhua ZHANG, Yuming ZHONG. Several problems in determining the QCD phase boundary by relativistic heavy ion collisions[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(4): 040006
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