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  1. For densities beyond nuclear saturation, there is still a large uncertainty in the equations of state (EoSs) of dense matter that translate into uncertainties in the internal structure of neutron stars. The MUSES Calculation Engine provides a free and open-source composable workflow management system, which allows users to calculate the EoSs of dense and hot matter that can be used, e.g., to describe neutron stars. For this work, we make use of two MUSES EoS modules, i.e., Crust Density Functional Theory and Chiral Mean Field model, with beta-equilibrium with leptons enforced in the Lepton module, then connected by the Synthesis module using different functions: hyperbolic tangent, generalized Gaussian, bump, and smoothstep. We then calculate stellar structure using the QLIMR module and discuss how the different interpolating functions affect our results. 
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    Free, publicly-accessible full text available July 1, 2026
  2. Cheshkov, C; Guernane, R; Maire, A (Ed.)
    We present a Bayesian analysis, based on holography and constrained by lattice QCD simulations, which leads to a prediction for the existence and location of the QCD critical point. We employ two different parametrizations of the functions that characterize the breaking of conformal invariance and the baryonic charge in the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton holographic model. They lead to predictions for the critical point that overlap at one sigma. While some samples of the prior distribution do not predict a critical point, or produce critical points that cover large regions of the phase diagram, all posterior samples present a critical point at chemical potentials µBc~550-630 MeV. 
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    Free, publicly-accessible full text available January 1, 2026
  3. Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)
    We employ an Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model, based on the gauge/gravity correspondence, to obtain the thermodynamics and transport properties for the hot and dense quark-gluon plasma. The model, which is constrained to reproduce lattice QCD thermodynamics at zero density, predicts a critical point and a first order line at finite temperature and density, is used to quantify jet energy loss through simulations of high-energy collision events. 
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  4. Bellwied, R; Geurts, F; Rapp, R; Ratti, C; Timmins, A; Vitev, I (Ed.)
    We present results for a Bayesian analysis of the location of the QCD critical point constrained by first-principles lattice QCD results at zero baryon density. We employ a holographic Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton model of the QCD equation of state, capable of reproducing the latest lattice QCD results at zero and finite baryon chemical potential. Our analysis is carried out for two different parametrizations of this model, resulting in confidence intervals for the critical point location that overlap at one sigma. While samples of the prior distribution may not even predict a critical point, or produce critical points spread around a large region of the phase diagram, posterior samples nearly always present a critical point at chemical potentials of μBc∼ 550 − 630 MeV. 
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  5. Kim, Y.; Moon, D.H. (Ed.)
    By using gravity/gauge correspondence, we construct a holographic model, constrained to mimic the lattice QCD equation of state at zero density, to investigate the temperature and baryon chemical potential dependence of the equation of state. We also obtained the energy loss of light and heavy partons within the hot and dense plasma represented by the heavy quark drag force, Langevin diffusion coefficients and jet quenching parameter at the critical point and across the first-order transition line predicted by the model. 
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  6. By using gravity/gauge correspondence, we employ an Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton model to compute the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium properties of a hot and baryon rich strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma. The family of 5-dimensional holographic black holes, which are constrained to mimic the lattice QCD equation of state at zero density, is used to investigate the temperature and baryon chemical potential dependence of the equation of state. We also obtained the baryon charge conductivity, and the bulk and shear viscosities with a particular focus on the behavior of these observables on top of the critical end point and the line of first order phase transition predicted by the model. 
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