Magnetic effects in the hadron resonance gas

Abstract

We discuss the modeling of the hadronic phase of QCD at finite magnetic field in the framework of hadron resonance gas (HRG). We focus on the statistical description of particle yields that include contribution from resonance decays. We demonstrate that the swift increase in the number of protons with magnetic field predicted in the HRG is due to the assumption of structureless resonances. We discuss fluctuations of conserved charges and show that at present the qualitative comparison of the model predictions with the lattice QCD data should be treated with care. We also discuss the principle of detailed balance which allows us to study the magnetic field dependence of neutral resonances. Published by the American Physical Society 2024