Z3 lattice gauge theory as a toy model for dense QCD

Apr 11, 2024
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 109 (2024) 11, 114502
  • Published: Jun 1, 2024
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  • YITP-24-13

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Abstract: (APS)
We propose the (3+1)-dimensional Z3 lattice gauge theory coupled with the 2-flavor Wilson-Dirac fermion as a toy model for studying quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at nonzero density. We study its phase diagram in the space of the lattice gauge couplings g2 and the quark chemical potentials μ and discuss the similarity and difference compared with anticipated behaviors of actual QCD. This model also provides a testing ground for various algorithms of the numerical Hamiltonian formalism as its Hilbert space is finite-dimensional in a finite box.
  • coupling: gauge
  • space: lattice
  • potential: chemical
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • lattice field theory
  • toy model
  • critical phenomena
  • Hilbert space
  • density
  • quark