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The Lambert W Function, Laguerre Polynomials, and the Zeros of the QCD Partition Function

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2014-10-29 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study solutions of a transcendental equation for the complex chemical potential at which a random-matrix QCD model can undergo a phase transition at zero mass. An explicit solution is obtained in terms of the Lambert W function. We also provide a closed form expression for a QCD random matrix model partition function, as a sum of Laguerre polynomials, for complex chemical potential and non-zero mass.

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@article{arxiv.1307.1017,
  title  = {The Lambert W Function, Laguerre Polynomials, and the Zeros of the QCD Partition Function},
  author = {Ken Roberts and S. R. Valluri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.1017},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

7 pages, 1 figure. Resubmitted 28-Oct-2014 to correct typographical errors in equations (9) and (11). Also reformatted as single column, and provided article titles in the references. No other changes to content

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