QCD critical region and quark gluon plasma from an imaginary μB

2003/09/17 by Massimo D’Elia, Massimo D'Elia, Maria-Paola Lombardo
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(03)02633-1

3 pages, Lattice2003(nonzero); references added

arxiv created 2003/09/17 · openalex publication_date 2004/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We discuss the imaginary chemical potential approach to the study of QCD at nonzero temperature and density, present results for the four flavor model in the different phases and show that this method is ideally suited for a comparison between lattice data and phenomenological models.

Citations

• Thermodynamics at non-zero baryon number density: a comparison of lattice and hadron resonance gas model calculations
• Pressure and nonlinear susceptibilities in QCD at finite chemical potentials