We propose a method to find the QCD critical point at finite density calculating the canonical partition function Z C (T, N) by Monte-Carlo simulations of lattice QCD, and analyze data obtained by a simulation with two-flavor p4-improved staggered quarks with pion mass m Ο β 770MeV. It is found that
Finite density QCD with a canonical approach
β Scribed by Philippe de Forcrand; Slavo Kratochvila
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
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