Finite temperature and chemical potential in lattice QCD and its critical point
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We propose a method to study lattice QCD at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (\mu). We compare the method with direct results and with the Glasgow method by using n_f=4 QCD at Im(\mu)\neq0. We locate the critical endpoint (E) of QCD on the Re(\mu)-T plane. We use n_f=2+1 dynamical staggered quarks with semi-realistic masses on L_t=4 lattices. Our results are based on {\cal{O}}(10^3-10^4) configurations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0201071,
title = {Finite temperature and chemical potential in lattice QCD and its critical point},
author = {Z. Fodor and S. D. Katz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0201071},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures. Talk given at the XXX. Hirschegg Workshop on Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, January 13-19, 2002