Few-body correlations in the QCD phase diagram

From the viewpoint of statistical physics, nuclear matter is a strongly correlated many-particle system. Several regimes of the QCD phase diagram should exhibit strong correlations. Here I focus on three- and four-body correlations that might be important in the phase diagram.Received: 30 September 2002, Published online: 22 October 2003PACS: 21.65. + f Nuclear matter - 21.45. + v Few-body systems