Testing imaginary vs. real chemical potential in finite-temperature QCD

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00355-0MaRDI QIDQ5935134zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Hart, M. Laine, Owe Philipsen

Publication date 20 June 2001

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/0010008

zbMATH Keywords

lattice simulationsquark-gluon plasma phasespatial correlation lengths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: One suggestion for determining the properties of QCD at finite temperatures and densities is to carry out lattice simulations with an imaginary chemical potential whereby no sign problem arises, and to convert the results to real physical observables only afterwards. We test the practical feasibility of such an approach for a particular class of physical observables, spatial correlation lengths in the quark-gluon plasma phase. Simulations with imaginary chemical potential followed by analytic continuation are compared with simulations with real chemical potential, which are possible by using a dimensionally reduced effective action for hot QCD. We find that for imaginary chemical potential the system undergoes a phase transition at |mu/T| approx pi/3, and thus observables are analytic only in a limited range. However, utilising this range, relevant information can be obtained for the real chemical potential case.

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