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Lattice-based QCD equation of state at finite baryon density: Cluster Expansion Model

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2019-02-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The QCD equation of state at finite baryon density is studied in the framework of a Cluster Expansion Model (CEM), which is based on the fugacity expansion of the net baryon density. The CEM uses the two leading Fourier coefficients, obtained from lattice simulations at imaginary μB\mu_B, as the only model input and permits a closed analytic form. Excellent description of the available lattice data at both μB=0\mu_B = 0 and at imaginary μB\mu_B is obtained. We also demonstrate how the Fourier coefficients can be reconstructed from baryon number susceptibilities.

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@article{arxiv.1807.06472,
  title  = {Lattice-based QCD equation of state at finite baryon density: Cluster Expansion Model},
  author = {V. Vovchenko and J. Steinheimer and O. Philipsen and A. Pasztor and Z. Fodor and S. D. Katz and H. Stoecker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.06472},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures. Contribution to the Quark Matter 2018 conference proceedings