The QCD phase diagram and Beam Energy Scan physics: a theory overview

We review recent theoretical developments relevant to heavy-ion experiments carried out within the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Our main focus is on the description of the dynamics of systems created in heavy-ion collisions and establishing the necessary connection between the experimental observables and the QCD phase diagram.
Comment: v1: 105 pages + 33 pages references, 24 figures; v2: 142 pages. A chapter contribution to book Quark-Gluon Plasma 6