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Perfect Actions with Chemical Potential

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We show how to include a chemical potential \mu in perfect lattice actions. It turns out that the standard procedure of multiplying the quark fields \Psi, \bar\Psi at Euclidean time t by \exp(\pm \mu t), respectively, is perfect. As an example, the case of free fermions with chemical potential is worked out explicitly. Even after truncation, cut-off effects in the pressure and the baryon density are small. Using a (quasi-)perfect action, numerical QCD simulations for non-zero chemical potential become more powerful, because coarse lattices are sufficient for extracting continuum physics.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9801022,
  title  = {Perfect Actions with Chemical Potential},
  author = {W. Bietenholz and U. -J. Wiese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9801022},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, LaTex, 3 figures

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