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A precise determination of T_c in QCD from scaling

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Existing lattice data on the QCD phase transition are analyzed in renormalized perturbation theory. In quenched QCD it is found that T_c scales for lattices with only 3 time slices, and that T_c/Lambda_msbar=1.15 \pm 0.05. A preliminary estimate in QCD with two flavours of dynamical quarks shows that this ratio depends on the quark mass. For realistic quark masses we estimate T_c/Lambda_msbar=0.49 \pm 0.02. We also investigate the equation of state in quenched QCD at 1-loop order in renormalised perturbation theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0010011,
  title  = {A precise determination of T_c in QCD from scaling},
  author = {Sourendu Gupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0010011},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 5 eps figures; improved error analysis yields smaller errors on T_c