HEP Phenomenology2026-08-051 minarXiv:2608.04563expressPions swell in the heatOrdinary ice turns into water at zero degrees. And matter at nuclear density, quark-gluon plasma, undergoes something similar at about 155 MeV (roughly two trillion degrees).L. Ya. GlozmanLudwig BoltzmannAlbert EinsteinAlan Guthcritical pointPhase transitiongluonStandard Model👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced