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Equation of State at Finite Density from Imaginary Chemical Potential

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2010-02-05 v1

Abstract

We perform two flavor QCD simulations with an imaginary chemical potential and measure derivatives of the pressure up to 4th order as a function of the imaginary chemical potential and the temperature T[0.83Tc,2Tc]T \in [0.83 T_c, 2 T_c]. For temperatures TTcT \geq T_c, these derivatives are fitted by a Taylor series in μ/T\mu/T about μ=0\mu=0. A fit limited to 4th order describes the data poorly at all temperatures, showing that we are sensitive to 6th order contributions. Similarly, a 6th order fit fails for temperatures TcT1.05TcT_c \leq T \leq 1.05 T_c, showing the need for 8th order terms. Thus, our method may offer a computational advantage over the direct measurement of Taylor coefficients at μ=0\mu=0. At temperatures TTcT \leq T_c, we fit our data with a hadron resonance gas ansatz. The fit starts to fail at T0.95TcT \gtrsim 0.95 T_c. Using our fits, we also reconstruct the equation of state as a function of real quark and isospin chemical potentials.

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@article{arxiv.1002.0890,
  title  = {Equation of State at Finite Density from Imaginary Chemical Potential},
  author = {Tetsuya Takaishi and Philippe de Forcrand and Atsushi Nakamura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.0890},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

8 pages, Lattice 2009 (non-zero temperature and density)