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The hadronic freeze-out line is calculated in terms of the net baryon density and the energy density instead of the usual T and \(\mu_{B}\). This analysis makes it apparent that the freeze-out density exhibits a maximum as the collision energy is varied. This maximum freeze-out density has \(\mu_i{B} = 400 - 500\) MeV, which is above the critical value, and it is reached for a fixed-target bombarding energy of 20-30GeV/N well within the parameters of the proposed NICA collider facility.
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Randrup, J., Cleymans, J. Exploring high-density baryonic matter: Maximum freeze-out density. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 218 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16218-7
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