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]. For temperatures T≥Tc, these derivatives are fitted by a Taylor series in μ/T about μ=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 Tc≤T≤1.05Tc, 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. At temperatures T≤Tc, we fit our data with a hadron resonance gas ansatz. The fit starts to fail at T≳0.95Tc. Using our fits, we also reconstruct the equation of state as a function of real quark and isospin chemical potentials.
@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)