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QCD phase diagram for small densities from simulations at imaginary $\mu$

We present results on the QCD phase diagram for small densities without reweighting. Our simulations are performed with an imaginary chemical potential mu_I for which the fermion determinant is positive. On an 8^3x4 lattice with 2 flavors of staggered quarks, we map out the pseudo-critical temperatu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Forcrand, P., Philipsen, O.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(03)01607-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/579945
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Sumario:We present results on the QCD phase diagram for small densities without reweighting. Our simulations are performed with an imaginary chemical potential mu_I for which the fermion determinant is positive. On an 8^3x4 lattice with 2 flavors of staggered quarks, we map out the pseudo-critical temperature T_c(mu_I). For mu_I/T < pi/3, this is an analytic function whose Taylor expansion converges rapidly, with truncation errors smaller than statistical ones. The result is analytically continued to give the location of the pseudo-critical line for real mu_B<500 MeV.