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September 30, 1998Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields619 citationsOpen Access

Phase diagram of QCD

MHM. Á. HalászAJA.D. JacksonRSRobert Shrock

Key Points

  • This analysis aims to explore the phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in temperature and chemical potential space.
  • Utilized a random matrix model to describe chiral symmetry restoration phase transition.
  • Incorporated experimental data, theoretical models, and general arguments about continuity and universality.
  • Analyzed critical properties relevant to heavy ion collision experiments in the context of the phase diagram.
  • Predicted a tricritical point in the temperature and chemical potential plane.
  • Certain critical properties at the tricritical point are universal, leading to implications for experimental studies.
  • Findings align with known general arguments around thermodynamic relations in QCD.

Abstract

We analyze the phase diagram of QCD with two massless quark flavors in the space of temperature T and chemical potential of the baryon charge using available experimental knowledge of QCD, insights gained from various models, as well as general and model independent arguments including continuity, universality, and thermodynamic relations. A random matrix model is used to describe the chiral symmetry restoration phase transition at finite T and. In agreement with general arguments, this model predicts a tricritical point in the T plane. Certain critical properties at such a point are universal and can be relevant to heavy ion collision experiments.

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Halász et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a085356ab15ea61dee8c75ehttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.58.096007
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