QCD phase diagram at nonzero temperature, baryon, and isospin chemical potentials in random matrix theory

B Klein, D Toublan, JJM Verbaarschot - Physical Review D, 2003 - APS
We introduce a random matrix model with the symmetries of QCD at finite temperature and
chemical potentials for baryon number and isospin. We analyze the phase diagram of this …

Controlling the model sign problem via the path optimization method: Monte Carlo approach to a QCD effective model with Polyakov loop

K Kashiwa, Y Mori, A Ohnishi - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We apply the path optimization method to a QCD effective model with the Polyakov loop at
finite density to circumvent the model sign problem. The Polyakov-loop extended Nambu …

Application of the path optimization method to the sign problem in an effective model of QCD with a repulsive vector-type interaction

K Kashiwa, Y Mori, A Ohnishi - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
The path optimization method is applied to a QCD effective model with a Polyakov loop and
a repulsive vector-type interaction at finite temperature and density to circumvent the model …

Calculation of the equation of state of QCD at finite chemical and zero temperature

H Zong, W Sun - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2008 - APS
In this paper, we give a direct method for calculating the partition function, and hence the
equation of state (EOS) of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at finite chemical potential and …

Properties of hadron screening masses at small baryonic density

I Pushkina, P de Forcrand, MG Perez, S Kim… - Physics Letters B, 2005 - Elsevier
The properties of hadron screening masses around the deconfinement phase transition at
finite baryonic density can be studied by evaluating the Taylor coefficients with respect to the …

Equation of state at finite density from imaginary chemical potential

T Takaishi, P de Forcrand, A Nakamura - arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.0890, 2010 - arxiv.org
We perform two flavor QCD simulations with an imaginary chemical potential and measure
derivatives of the pressure up to 4th order as a function of the imaginary chemical potential …

Path optimization in D QCD at finite density

Y Mori, K Kashiwa, A Ohnishi - Progress of Theoretical and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We investigate the sign problem in D quantum chromodynamics at finite chemical potential
by using the path optimization method. The SU (3) link variable is complexified to the SL (3,) …

Taylor expansions in chemical potential

R Gavai, S Gupta, R Roy - Progress of Theoretical Physics …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Properties of QCD at finite chemical potential (µ) are extracted using Taylor series
expansions. The continuum limits of lattice results are presented. The result of expanding …

Recent lattice results relevant for heavy ion collisions

K Kanaya - Nuclear Physics A, 2003 - Elsevier
I summarize recent lattice results on QCD at finite temperatures and densities. Studies on
the nature of the QCD transition at the physical point, continuum extrapolations of …

Chiral dynamics in QCD at finite chemical potential

S Gupta, R Ray - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2004 - APS
We present the renormalized Taylor expansion of the chiral condensate with chemical
potential. The relation with the Taylor coefficients of meson susceptibilities and the quark …