Coupling the Deconfining and Chiral Transitions
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
The Polyakov loop and the chiral condensate are used as order parameters to explore analytically the possible phase structure of finite temperature QCD. Nambu-Jona-Lasinio models in a background temporal gauge field are combined with a Polyakov loop potential in a form suitable for both the lattice and the continuum. Three possible behaviors are found: a first-order transition, a second-order transition, and a region with both transitions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9509050,
title = {Coupling the Deconfining and Chiral Transitions},
author = {Peter N. Meisinger and Michael C. Ogilvie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9509050},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, LaTeX, 4 Postscript Figures, uuencoded, Contribution to Lattice 95 Conference Proceedings