Published 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

QCD phase transition at finite temperature?

  • 1. Department of Physics, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (Germany)
  • 2. Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany)
  • 3. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Eoetvoes University, Budapest (Hungary)

Description

We investigate the finite temperature phase transition at μ=0 in 6-flavour QCD. It is believed that in QCD a transition between the deconfined phase at high temperature and the hadronic phase at low temperature exits. The type of the transition between these two states of matter depends on the quark masses. For physical quark masses it has been shown that the transition is an analytic crossover and not a true phase transition. However at lower quark masses it was suggested that a region exists where a first order phase transition occurs. These region should be separated from the crossover region by a line of second order phase transition. As a first approach for finding this line of second order phase transition we present lattice calculations with six degenerate staggered quark fields and strong stout smearing. We observe evidence which might suggest a phase transition at low quark masses in this scenario.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Goettingen 2012 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 47(1)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
2012 DPG Spring meeting with the divisions of gravitation and theory of relativity, particle physics, theoretical and mathematical fundamentals of the physics
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2012 der Fachverbaende Gravitation und Relativitaetstheorie, Teilchenphysik, Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik
Dates
27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012
Place
Goettingen (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
44035519
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
FLAVOR MODEL; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARKS; REST MASS; SPINOR FIELDS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL

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Notes
Session: T 23.2 Do 17:00; No further information available