New critical point for QCD in a magnetic field

Oct 8, 2013
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 89 (2014) 5, 054029
  • Published: Mar 24, 2014
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Abstract: (APS)

We provide a general argument for the possible existence of a new critical point associated with a deconfinement phase transition in QCD at finite temperature T and in a magnetic field B with zero chemical potential. This is the first example of a QCD critical point in a physical external parameter region that can be studied using lattice QCD simulations without suffering from a sign problem.

Note:
  • 5 pages, 3 figures; v3: published version
  • 12.38.-t
  • 21.65.Qr
  • 25.75.Nq
  • potential: chemical
  • quantum chromodynamics: critical phenomena
  • critical phenomena: deconfinement
  • magnetic field
  • lattice field theory
  • finite temperature