A field theoretical model for QCD thermodynamics

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Abstract

The PNJL model is used to study the thermodynamics of Nf ≤ 2 quark flavours interacting through chiral four-point couplings and propagating in a homogeneous Polyakov loop background. The input is fixed exclusively by selected pure-gauge lattice QCD results and by pion properties in vacuum. We present successful comparisons with lattice QCD thermodynamics expanded to finite chemical potential μq. Quark number susceptibilities at finite quark chemical potential are investigated. The validity of the Taylor expansion is then examined through a comparison between the full and truncated PNJL model calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberS64
Pages (from-to)S647-S650
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume34
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2007

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