2+1 flavor Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model at finite temperature and nonzero chemical potential
- Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
We extend the Polyakov-loop improved Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model to 2+1 flavor case to study the chiral and deconfinement transitions of strongly interacting matter at finite temperature and nonzero chemical potential. The Polyakov loop, the chiral susceptibility of light quarks (u and d), and the strange quark number susceptibility as functions of temperature at zero chemical potential are determined and compared with the recent results of lattice QCD simulations. We find that there is always an inflection point in the curve of strange quark number susceptibility accompanying the appearance of the deconfinement phase, which is consistent with the result of lattice QCD simulations. Predictions for the case at nonzero chemical potential and finite temperature are made as well. We give the phase diagram in terms of the chemical potential and temperature and find that the critical end point moves down to low temperature and finally disappears with the decrease of the strength of the 't Hooft flavor-mixing interaction.
- OSTI ID:
- 21035689
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 77, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.014006; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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