QCD phase diagram for finite imaginary chemical potential with HISQ fermions

Nov 6, 2018
7 pages
Published in:
  • PoS LATTICE2018 (2018) 162
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  • Published: Nov 30, 2018 by SISSA
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Abstract: (SISSA)
We present results from an ongoing study of the phase diagram of (2+1)-flavor QCD using the HISQ action with smaller than physical light quark masses in the Roberge-Weiss (RW) plane on lattices with temporal extent Nτ=4N_\tau=4. We find that the endpoint of the 1st1^{st} order RW transition line remains 2nd2^{nd} order at least down to light quark masses corresponding to Goldstone pion masses of 5555~MeV. Furthermore, we show that the chiral condensate is sensitive to the RW transition and may serve as a energy-like operator characterizing universal behavior close to the RW endpoint.
Note:
  • 7pages, 11 figures, Prepared for the proceedings of LATTICE2018, held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • quark: mass dependence
  • quantum chromodynamics: critical phenomena
  • lattice field theory
  • numerical calculations
  • quark: staggered
  • quark: flavor: 3
  • condensation: chiral
  • Goldstone particle
  • potential: chemical
  • lattice