Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

QCD thermodynamics with improved actions

  • 1. Bielefeld Univ. (Germany). Fakultaet fuer Physik

Description

The thermodynamics of the SU(3) gauge theory has been analyzed with tree level and tadpole improved Symanzik actions. A comparison with the continuum extrapolated results for the standard Wilson action shows that improved actions lead to a drastic reduction of finite cut-off effects already on lattices with temporal extent Nτ = 4. Results for the pressure, the critical temperature, surface tension and latent heat are presented. First results for the thermodynamics of four-flavour QCD with an improved staggered action are also presented. They indicate similarly large improvement factors for bulk thermodynamics. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
53
Journal Page Range
p. 413-416.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
14. international symposium on lattice field theory (Lattice-14).
Dates
4-8 Jun 1996.
Place
St. Louis, MO (United States).