Theoretical nuclear physics · University of Houston

Konstantin A. Maslov

I study strongly coupled matter in heavy-ion collisions and neutron stars, from relativistic mean-field and chiral models to self-consistent calculations of the quark–gluon plasma.

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Old kinematics P/T⁴ vs T = 0.15–0.4 GeV, μ_B = 0

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NP3M postdoctoral fellow at the University of Houston. Latest result, with R. Rapp: in a self-consistent T-matrix calculation calibrated to lattice QCD, deconfined matter in neutron-star cores forms a strongly coupled diquark liquid, and color superconductivity sets in only at temperatures about twenty times lower than quasiparticle estimates (arXiv:2608.28879).

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arXiv preprint · 2026 An Extended Chiral Mean-Field Model with Medium-Modified Thermal Mesons for Hot and Dense Hadronic Matter M. Kahangirwe, R. Kumar, J. Grefa, K. A. Maslov, Y. Wang, A. Kumar, C. Ratti, V. Dexheimer

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Interactive The pressure of the quark–gluon plasma at μ_B = 0 P/T⁴ from the self-consistent T-matrix approach between T = 0.15 and 0.40 GeV. Move the temperature and read off the pressure. Read the note →

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Nov 5, 2026 · Interactive The pressure of the quark–gluon plasma at zero baryon density P/T⁴ from the self-consistent T-matrix approach between T = 0.15 and 0.40 GeV, with a temperature slider.

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