NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 050008(2025)

Nuclear equation of state from deep learning based quasi-parton model

Fupeng LI1,2, Longgang PANG1,2、*, and Guangyou QIN1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1(Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics (MOE) & Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China)
  • 2Artificial Intelligence and Computational Physics Research Center, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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    Background

    Accurately constructing the Equation of State (EoS) for Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) matter in the region with finite baryon chemical potential (μB) is a central challenge in modern high-energy nuclear physics research.

    Purpose

    This study aims to address this challenge and explore the QCD phase diagram structure and locate the critical endpoint.

    Methods

    First, the study constructed three deep neural networks to achieve high-precision reconstruction of the QCD EoS at zero μB. Then, we analyzed the monotonic behavior of the fourth-order generalized susceptibility χ4B at different temperatures T and μB, and calculated the dependence of the fourth-order cumulant ratio R42 on collision energy sNN.

    Results

    We have estimated the possible location of the QCD critical endpoint (CEP) as (T, μB) = ((0.113±0.019) GeV, (0.634±0.11) GeV). The results for the fourth-order cumulant ratio R42 not only match the experimental data well but also show significant fluctuation behavior near 6 GeV.

    Conclusions

    The deep-learning quasi-parton model provides a self-consistent theoretical framework for studying the thermodynamic and transport properties of QCD matter at finite baryon density. The obtained EoS parameters can be directly applied to hydrodynamic simulations for the beam energy scan program of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), offering a new research tool for exploring the QCD phase diagram structure and searching for CEP.

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    Fupeng LI, Longgang PANG, Guangyou QIN. Nuclear equation of state from deep learning based quasi-parton model[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(5): 050008

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Topics on Applications of Machine Learning in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Data

    Received: Mar. 19, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: Longgang PANG (庞龙刚), Guangyou QIN (秦广友)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250119

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