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Drag force near the QCD critical point

Nuclear Theory 2024-02-06 v2 Quantum Gases High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We discuss how heavy quark dynamics is affected by the critical fluctuations near the QCD critical point at finite temperature and density. We find that the heavy quark momentum diffusion constant scales as κξz3η\kappa\propto\xi^{z-3-\eta}. In the model H scenario, which is widely accepted for the critical dynamics, the exponents are known as z3,η0.04z\simeq 3, \eta\sim 0.04 and the critical singularity of κ\kappa is not significant if any. In the model B scenario, z4z\simeq 4 and κξ\kappa\propto \xi is singular near the critical point.

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@article{arxiv.2307.09049,
  title  = {Drag force near the QCD critical point},
  author = {Yukinao Akamatsu and Masayuki Asakawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.09049},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

4 pages, accepted in Phys. Rev. C

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