Improved Polyakov-loop potential for effective models from functional calculations

We investigate the quark backreaction on the Polyakov loop and its impact on the thermodynamics of quantum chromodynamics. The dynamics of the gluons generating the Polyakov-loop potential is altered by the presence of dynamical quarks. However, this backreaction of the quarks has not yet been taken...

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Hauptverfasser: Haas, Lisa Marie (VerfasserIn) , Stiele, Rainer (VerfasserIn) , Braun, Jens (VerfasserIn) , Pawlowski, Jan M. (VerfasserIn) , Schaffner-Bielich, Jürgen (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal) Kapitel/Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
In: Arxiv

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Verfasserangaben:Lisa M. Haas, Rainer Stiele, Jens Braun, Jan M. Pawlowski, and Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich
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Zusammenfassung:We investigate the quark backreaction on the Polyakov loop and its impact on the thermodynamics of quantum chromodynamics. The dynamics of the gluons generating the Polyakov-loop potential is altered by the presence of dynamical quarks. However, this backreaction of the quarks has not yet been taken into account in Polyakov-loop extended model studies. In the present work, we show within a 2+1 flavour Polyakov-quark-meson model that a quark-improved Polyakov-loop potential leads to a smoother transition between the low-temperature hadronic phase and the high-temperature quark-gluon plasma phase. In particular, we discuss the dependence of our results on the remaining uncertainties that are the critical temperature and the parametrisation of the Polyakov-loop potential as well as the mass of the sigma-meson.
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