Phase structure of two-flavor QCD at finite chemical potential

We study the phase diagram of two-flavor QCD at imaginary chemical potentials in the chiral limit. To this end we compute order parameters for chiral symmetry breaking and quark confinement. The interrelation of quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking is analyzed with a new order parameter fo...

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Main Authors: Braun, Jens (Author) , Haas, Lisa Marie (Author) , Marhauser, Florian (Author) , Pawlowski, Jan M. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 11 January 2011
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2011, Volume: 106, Issue: 2
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.022002
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.022002
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Author Notes:Jens Braun, Lisa M. Haas, Florian Marhauser, and Jan M. Pawlowski
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Summary:We study the phase diagram of two-flavor QCD at imaginary chemical potentials in the chiral limit. To this end we compute order parameters for chiral symmetry breaking and quark confinement. The interrelation of quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking is analyzed with a new order parameter for the confinement phase transition. We show that it is directly related to both the quark density as well as the Polyakov loop expectation value. Our analytical and numerical results suggest a close relation between the chiral and the confinement phase transition.
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.022002