Classical strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma. III. The free energy

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.79.044911· OSTI ID:21289876

Cho, Sungtae; Zahed, Ismail ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 (United States)

We explore further the classical quark-gluon plasma using methods from classical liquids. The partition function of an ensemble of SU(N{sub c}) colored charge spheres is constructed. We analyze it using a cumulant expansion (low density) and a loop expansion (high temperature) after resumming the Debye screening effects. The pertinent free energies are derived in both limits and compared with recent molecular dynamics results.

• OSTI ID: 21289876
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 79, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044911; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
DENSITY
EXPANSION
FREE ENERGY
HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD
PARTITION FUNCTIONS
QUARK MATTER
STRONG-COUPLING MODEL
SU GROUPS