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QCD thermodynamics from lattice calculations with non-equilibrium methods: The SU(3) equation of state

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2018-09-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A precise lattice determination of the equation of state in SU(3) Yang-Mills theory is carried out by means of a simulation algorithm, based on Jarzynski's theorem, that allows one to compute physical quantities in thermodynamic equilibrium, by driving the field configurations of the system out of equilibrium. The physical results and the computational efficiency of the algorithm are compared with other state-of-the-art lattice calculations, and the extension to full QCD with dynamical fermions and to other observables is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1801.03110,
  title  = {QCD thermodynamics from lattice calculations with non-equilibrium methods: The SU(3) equation of state},
  author = {Michele Caselle and Alessandro Nada and Marco Panero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.03110},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

1+23 pages, 5 pdf figures; v2: 1+32 pages, 7 pdf figures, discussion expanded, version published in the journal