Modeling the QCD Equation of State Throughout the Thermal Deconfining Phase Transition from Hadronic Matter to a Quark–Gluon Plasma
This work investigates the thermal deconfining phase transition from a hadronic gas composed of massive pions to a quark–gluon plasma (QGP) described by the Polyakov– Nambu–Jona-Lasinio (PNJL) model with two light quark flavors. The PNJL model extends the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio (NJL) approach, including chiral symmetry dyn...