Published March 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

The finite temperature transition for 3-flavour lattice QCD at finite isospin density

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 (United States)
  • 2. HEP Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)

Description

We simulate 3-flavour lattice QCD with a small chemical potential μ I for isospin, at temperatures close to the finite temperature transition. Using quark masses just above the critical mass for zero chemical potential, we determine the position of the transition from hadronic matter to a quark-gluon plasma as a function of μ I. We see evidence for a critical endpoint where the transition changes from a crossover to a first-order transition as μ I is increased. We argue that QCD at finite μ I and QCD at finite quark-number chemical potential μ should behave similarly in this region

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.156;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-lat/0407041v1;
PII
S0920-5632(04)00726-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
140
Journal Page Range
p. 526-528
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
22. international symposium on lattice field theory
Acronym
LATTICE 2004
Dates
21-26 Jun 2004
Place
Batavia, IL (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37102624
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CRITICAL MASS; DENSITY; FLAVOR MODEL; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; ISOSPIN; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER; QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL

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