A holographic critical point
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-04-22 v2
Abstract
We numerically construct a family of five-dimensional black holes exhibiting a line of first-order phase transitions terminating at a critical point at finite chemical potential and temperature. These black holes are constructed so that the equation of state and baryon susceptibilities approximately match QCD lattice data at vanishing chemical potential. The critical endpoint in the particular model we consider has temperature 143 MeV and chemical potential 783 MeV. Critical exponents are calculated, with results that are consistent with mean-field scaling relations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1012.1864,
title = {A holographic critical point},
author = {Oliver DeWolfe and Steven S. Gubser and Christopher Rosen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.1864},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
38 pages, 12 figures, LaTeX. v2: Typos corrected, references added