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Equation of State in 2+1 Flavor QCD at High Temperatures

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2018-03-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We calculate the Equation of State at high temperatures in 2+1 flavor QCD using the highly improved staggered quark action. We study the lattice spacing dependence of the pressure at high temperatures using lattices with temporal extent Nτ=6, 8, 10N_{\tau}=6,~8,~10 and 1212 and perform continuum extrapolations. We also give a continuum estimate for the Equation of State up to temperatures T=2T=2 GeV, which are then compared with results of the weak-coupling calculations. We find a reasonably good agreement with the weak-coupling calculations at the highest temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.1710.05024,
  title  = {Equation of State in 2+1 Flavor QCD at High Temperatures},
  author = {A. Bazavov and P. Petreczky and J. H. Weber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.05024},
  year   = {2018}
}

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RevTeX, 16 pages, 16 figures, published version