Where is the chiral critical point in 3-flavor QCD?

2003/09/17 by F. Karsch, C. R. Allton, Chris Allton +9 · 8 citations
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)02659-8

3 pages, Lattice2003(nonzero), one reference exchanged

arxiv created 2003/09/17 · openalex publication_date 2004/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We determine the location of the second order endpoint of the line of first order chiral phase transition in 3-flavor QCD at vanishing chemical potential. Using Ferrenberg-Swendsen reweighting for two values of the quark mass we determine the dependence of the transition line on the chemical potential and locate the chiral critical point. For both quantities we find a significant quark mass dependence.

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