The Nature of the finite temperature QCD transition as a function of the quark masses

Oct, 2007

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The finite temperature QCD transition for physical quark masses is a crossover. For smaller quark masses a first-order phase transition is expected. Using Symanzik improved gauge and stout improved fermion action for 2+1 flavour staggered QCD we give estimates/bounds for the phase line separating the first-order region from the crossover one. The calculations are carried out on two different lattice spacings. Our conclusion for the critical mass is m00.07mphysm_0 \lesssim 0.07 \cdot m_{phys} for NT=4N_T=4 and m00.12mphysm_0 \lesssim 0.12 \cdot m_{phys} for NT=6N_T=6 lattices.