Developments in lattice QCD for matter at high temperature and density
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2014-02-06 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
A brief overview of the QCD phase diagram at nonzero temperature and density is provided. It is explained why standard lattice QCD techniques are not immediately applicable for its determination, due to the sign problem. We then discuss a selection of recent lattice approaches that attempt to evade the sign problem and classify them according to the underlying principle: constrained simulations (density of states, histograms), holomorphicity (complex Langevin, Lefschetz thimbles), partial summations (clusters, subsets, bags) and change in integration order (strong coupling, dual formulations).
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@article{arxiv.1312.0968,
title = {Developments in lattice QCD for matter at high temperature and density},
author = {Gert Aarts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0968},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
12 pages, invited review for Pramana; reference added