Equation of state for strongly interacting matter: collective effects,   Landau damping and predictions for LHC
  The equation of state (EOS) is of utmost importance for the description of the hydrodynamic phase of strongly interacting matter in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Lattice QCD can provide useful information on the EOS, mainly for small net baryon densities. The QCD quasiparticle model provides a means to map lattice QCD results into regions relevant for a variety of experiments. We report here on effects of collectives modes and damping on the EOS. Some predictions for forthcoming heavy-ion collisions at LHC/ALICE are presented and perspectives for deriving an EOS for FAIR/CBM are discussed. 
R. Schulze, M. Bluhm and B. Kampfer (Forschungszentrum Dresden   Rossendorf & Dresden, Tech. U.)