4D Taylor-expanded lattice (BQS)

The so-called BQS EoS (Equation of State) module of the NSF-funded MUSES project enables to calculate a 4D equation of state of nuclear matter, at finite temperature \(T\) and finite baryon number, electric charge and strangeness chemical potentials \(\mu_B\), \(\mu_Q\) and \(\mu_S\), respectively. It is based on a 3-dimensional Taylor expansion of lattice QCD data computed at zero chemical potentials.

It can be used to compute a nuclear equation of state for a temperature range of \(30 < T < 800\) MeV, and for chemical potential values of \(0 < \mu_i < 450\) MeV (with \(i=B/Q/S\)).

When using results from this module for scientific publication, please cite:
J. Noronha-Hostler, P. Parotto, C. Ratti, and J. M. Stafford, Phys.Rev.C 100, 064910 (2019), arXiv:1902.06723 [hep-ph]
Original source code was developed by: Paolo Parotto\(^{(1)}\), Jamie Stafford\(^{(1)}\) & Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler\(^{(1)}\).
Module development and code adaptation by: Johannes Jahan\(^{(1)}\) & Hitansh Shah\(^{(1)}\).
\(^{(1)}\) Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.

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