QCD Thermodynamics: Taylor expansion and imaginary chemical potential Rossella Falcone, Edwin Laermann, Maria Paola Lombardo Extreme QCD June 2010 At the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef Rossella Falcone, Talk at Lattice 2010 Work in progress
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Two complementary approaches to the QCD phase diagram Imaginary chemical potential Taylor expansion 22/06/20104MpL xQCD2010
Two complementary approaches to the QCD phase diagram Imaginary chemical potential: main problem, control over analytic continuation 22/06/20105MpL xQCD2010
Two complementary approaches to the QCD phase diagram Taylor expansion: main problem, control of the convergence 22/06/20106MpL xQCD2010 Works Inside circle
Combine Taylor expansion and imaginary chemical potential : Slope of the (pseudo)critical line Precision thermodynamics Control of the convergence of the series How do(es) the critical point(s) affect the convergence of the series (R. Gavai, M. Stephanov, M. Wagner talks ) Physics around the kinetic/chemical freezout 22/06/20107MpL xQCD2010
Combine Taylor expansion and imaginary chemical potential : Slope of the (pseudo)critical line Precision thermodynamics Control of the convergence of the series How do(es) the critical point(s) affect the convergence of the series (R. Gavai, M. Stephanov, M. Wagner talks ) Physics around the kinetic/chemical freezout 22/06/20108MpL xQCD2010
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The pseudocritical line 22/06/201011MpL xQCD2010
The pseudocritical line 22/06/201012MpL xQCD2010
22/06/2010MpL xQCD Simulations and Results
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Thermodynamics and Taylor expansion 22/06/201015MpL xQCD2010
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Phase of the Polyakov loop 22/06/201018MpL xQCD2010
Susceptibility of the Polyakov loop 22/06/201019MpL xQCD2010
Chiral condensate 22/06/201020MpL xQCD2010
The critical line 22/06/201021MpL xQCD2010
The critical line, ctd’ 22/06/201022MpL xQCD2010
Quark Density 22/06/201023MpL xQCD2010
22/06/201024MpL xQCD2010 Singular behaviour at the End point of the RW transition Nf=4 (D,Elia, di Renzo, Lombardo (2007)) Nf=2 (D’Elia, Sanfilippo(2009)) Nf=3 (de Forcrand, Philipsen (2009)
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22/06/2010MpL xQCD Summary: (Preliminary) Results for improved staggered quarks with physical quark masses for - the slope of the critical line for staggered fermions - precision thermodynamics above Tc Combined imaginary chemical potential and Taylor expansion control over radius of convergence Outlook: Analysis of the freezout region Control over estimates of the endpoint
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Singularities limit the radius of convergence This can be computed from the Taylor expansion and observed at purely imaginary 22/06/201033MpL xQCD2010
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Use imaginary to validate radius of convergence I m a g i n a r y c e m i c a l p o t e n t a l T a y l o r e x p a n s i o n 22/06/201036MpL xQCD2010 Observed radius Of convergence CandiCan Check radius of convergence here!