Critical Points in the QCD Phase Diagram with Two Flavors of Quarks

J. I. Kapusta, E. S. Bowman

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

11 Scopus citations

Abstract

We employ the linear σ model to study the chiral dynamics of two flavors of quarks at finite temperature and density. Our calculations include thermal fluctuations of both the bosonic and fermionic fields. In particular, we determine the phase diagram in the plane of temperature and baryon chemical potential as a function of the pion mass. An interesting phase structure occurs that results in zero, one, or two critical points depending on the value of the vacuum pion mass.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)721c-724c
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume830
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Grant No. FG02-87ER40328.

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Critical Points in the QCD Phase Diagram with Two Flavors of Quarks'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this