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Correlations and fluctuations in a magnetized PNJL model with and without inverse magnetic catalysis effect

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-07-18 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The correlation χ11BQ\chi^{BQ}_{11} and quadratic fluctuations χ2B, χ2Q, χ2T\chi^B_2,\ \chi^Q_2,\ \chi^T_2 of baryon number BB, electric charge QQ and temperature TT are investigated in a two-flavor Polyakov loop extended Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (PNJL) model at finite temperature and magnetic field. The inverse magnetic catalysis (IMC) effect is introduced through the magnetic field dependent parameters G(eB)G(eB) or T0(eB)T_0(eB), and we make comparison of the results in the cases with and without IMC effect. With nonvanishing magnetic field, the correlation χ11BQ\chi^{BQ}_{11} and fluctuations χ2B, χ2Q, χ2T\chi^B_2,\ \chi^Q_2,\ \chi^T_2 increase with temperature, and then show the peak around the pseudocritical temperatures of chiral restoration and deconfinement phase transitions in the cases with and without the IMC effect. The correlation and fluctuations along the phase transition line under external magnetic field are characterized by the scaled correlation χ^11BQ=χ11BQ(eB,Tpcc(eB))χ11BQ(eB=0,Tpcc(eB=0)){\hat {\chi}}_{11}^{BQ}=\frac{\chi_{11}^{BQ}(eB,T_{pc}^c(eB))}{\chi_{11}^{BQ}(eB=0,T_{pc}^c(eB=0))} and scaled fluctuations χ^2B(Q,T)=χ2B(Q,T)(eB,Tpcc(eB))χ2B(Q,T)(eB=0,Tpcc(eB=0)){\hat {\chi}}_2^{B(Q,T)}=\frac{\chi_2^{B(Q,T)}(eB,T_{pc}^c(eB))}{\chi_2^{B(Q,T)}(eB=0,T_{pc}^c(eB=0))} at the pseudocritical temperature TpccT_{pc}^c of chiral restoration phase transition. χ^11BQ, χ^2B{\hat {\chi}}_{11}^{BQ},\ {\hat {\chi}}_2^{B}, and χ^2Q{\hat {\chi}}_2^{Q} increase with magnetic fields, and the inclusion of IMC effect leads to some enhancement in their values. However, χ^2T{\hat {\chi}}_2^{T} is altered by the IMC effect. Without IMC effect, χ^2T{\hat \chi}^T_2 slightly increases and then decreases with magnetic fields. Taking into account of the IMC effect by G(eB)G(eB), χ^2T{\hat \chi}^T_2 monotonically increases with magnetic fields, and by T0(eB)T_0(eB), it is a nonmonotonic function of magnetic field.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.10217,
  title  = {Correlations and fluctuations in a magnetized PNJL model with and without inverse magnetic catalysis effect},
  author = {Shijun Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.10217},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

8 pages, 4 figures