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Magnetic Component of Quark-Gluon Plasma

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We describe recent developments of the "magnetic scenario" of sQGP. We show that at T=(0.81.3)TcT=(0.8-1.3)T_c there is a dense plasma of monopoles, capable of supporting metastable flux tubes. Their existence allows to quantitatively explained the non-trivial TT-dependence of the static QˉQ\bar Q Q potential energy calculated on the lattice. By molecular dynamics simulation we derived transport properties (shear viscosity and diffusion constant) and showed that the best liquid is given by most symmetric plasma, with 50%-50% of electric and magnetic charges. The results are close to those of the ``perfect liquid'' observed at RHIC.

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@article{arxiv.0804.3102,
  title  = {Magnetic Component of Quark-Gluon Plasma},
  author = {Jinfeng Liao and Edward Shuryak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.3102},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Contribution to the 20th International Conference on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2008)