QCD phase diagram: an overview

Abstract

The aim of this review is to summarize the contemporary understanding of the QCD phase diagram as a function of temperature and baryo-chemical potential. The focus is on recent theoretical developments due to lattice simulations of the phase diagram.

Comments: 15 pages, 7 figures; Plenary talk at 24th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2006), Tucson, Arizona, Jul 23-28, 2006