The effective QCD phase diagram and the critical end point

We study the QCD phase diagram on the temperature T and quark chemical potential μ plane, modeling the strong interactions with the linear sigma model coupled to quarks. The phase transition line is found from the effective potential at finite T and μ taking into account the plasma screening effects...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Ayala, Adnan Bashir, J.J. Cobos-Martínez, Saúl Hernández-Ortiz, Alfredo Raya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321315001741