Study of QCD thermodynamics at finite density by Taylor expansion

Ejiri, Shinji; Allton, Chris R.; Hands, Simon J.; Kaczmarek, Olaf; Karsch, Frithjof; Laermann, Edwin; Schmidt, Christian

Study of QCD thermodynamics at finite density by Taylor expansion

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We discuss the phase structure and the equation of state for QCD at non-zero temperature and density. Derivatives of $\ln Z$ with respect to quark chemical potential $μ_q$ up to fourth order are calculated for 2-flavor QCD, enabling estimates of the pressure, quark number density and associated susceptibilities as functions of $μ_q$ via a Taylor series expansion. Also, the phase transition line for 2 and 3-flavor QCD and the critical endpoint in the $(T, μ_q)$ plane are investigated in the low density regime.
8 pages, 6 figures, ptptex, Talk at Finite Density QCD at Nara, Japan, 10-12 July 2003