Study of QCD critical point using canonical ensemble method

Anyi Li, Andrei Alexandru, Xiangfei Meng, Keh Fei Liu

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Abstract

The existence of the QCD critical point at non-zero baryon density is not only of great interest for experimental physics but also a challenge for the theory. We use lattice simulations based on the canonical ensemble method to explore the finite baryon density region and look for the critical point. We scan the phase diagram of QCD with three degenerate quark flavors using clover fermions with mπ ≈ 700 MeV on 63 × 4 lattices. We measure the baryon chemical potential as we increase the density and we see the characteristic "S-shape" that signals the first order phase transition. We determine the phase boundary by Maxwell construction and report our preliminary results for the location of critical point.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)633c-635c
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume830
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by U.S. DOE grant DE-FG05-84ER40154. The calculation was performed at Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The Univ. of Texas at Austin and The Univ. of Kentucky.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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