Finite Temperature Lattice QCD with Clover Fermions

Bernard, Claude; Blum, Tom; DeGrand, Thomas A.; DeTar, Carleton; Gottlieb, Steven; Heller, Urs M.; Hetrick, Jim; McNeile, Craig; Rummukainen, Kari; Sugar, Bob; Toussaint, Doug; Wingate, Matt

Finite Temperature Lattice QCD with Clover Fermions

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We report on our simulation of finite temperature lattice QCD with two flavors of ${\cal O}(a)$ Symanzik-improved fermions and ${\cal O}(a^2)$ Symanzik-improved glue. Our thermodynamic simulations were performed on an $8^3 \times 4$ lattice, and we have performed complementary zero temperature simulations on an $8^3 \times 16$ lattice. We compare our results to those from simulations with two flavors of Wilson fermions and discuss the improvement resulting from use of the improved action.
3 pages, 4 figures, Talk presented at Lattice 96