Chiral criticality and glue dynamics

The chiral order-parameter σ field and its higher-order cumulants of fluctuations are calculated within the functional renormalization group approach by adopting the local potential approximation in this study. The influence of glue dynamics on fluctuations of the σ field is investigated, and we find that they are weakly affected. This is in sharp contrast to the baryon number fluctuations, which are sensitive to the glue dynamics and involve information on the color confinement. The implications of our calculated results are discussed from the viewpoint of the theoretical and experimental efforts in the search for the QCD critical end point.     

Pion properties at finite isospin chemical potential with isospin symmetry breaking

Pion properties at finite temperature, finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials are investigated within the SU(2) NJL model. In the mean field approximation for quarks and random phase approximation fpr mesons, we calculate the pion mass, the decay constant and the phase diagram with different quark masses for the u quark and d quark, related to QCD corrections, for the first time. Our results show an asymmetry between μI 0 and μI 0 in the phase diagram, and different values for the charged pion mass(or decay constant) and neutral pion mass(or decay constant) at finite temperature and finite isospin chemical potential. This is caused by the effect of isospin symmetry breaking, which is from different quark masses.     

Bubble contributions to scalar correlators with mixed actions

Within mixed-action chiral perturbation theory(MAχPT), Sasa's derivation of the bubble contribution to scalar a0 meson is extended to those of scalar κ and σ mesons. We revealed that the κ bubble has two double poles and the σ bubble contains a quadratic-in-t2growth factor stemming from the multiplication of two double poles for a general mass tuning of valence quarks and sea quarks. The corresponding preliminary analytical expressions in MAχPT with 2+1 chiral valence quarks and 2+1 staggered sea quarks will be helpful for lattice studies of scalar mesons.     

Glueball spectrum from N_f=2 lattice QCD study on anisotropic lattices

The lowest-lying glueballs are investigated in lattice QCD using N_f = 2 clover Wilson fermions on anisotropic lattices. We simulate at two different and relatively heavy quark masses, corresponding to physical pion masses of mπ～938 MeV and 650 MeV. The quark mass dependence of the glueball masses has not been investigated in the present study. Only the gluonic operators built from Wilson loops are utilized in calculating the corresponding correlation functions. In the tensor channel, we obtain the ground state mass to be 2.363(39) GeV and 2.384(67)GeV at mπ～938 MeV and 650 MeV, respectively. In the pseudoscalar channel, when using the gluonic operator whose continuum limit has the form of ∈_ijkTrB_iD_jB_k, we obtain the ground state mass to be 2.573(55) GeV and 2.585(65) GeV at the two pion masses. These results are compatible with the corresponding results in the quenched approximation. In contrast, if we use the topological charge density as field operators for the pseudoscalar, the masses of the lowest state are much lighter(around 1 GeV) and compatible with the expected masses of the flavor singlet qq meson. This indicates that the operator ∈ijk TrBiDjBk and the topological charge density couple rather differently to the glueball states and qq mesons. The observation of the light flavor singlet pseudoscalar meson can be viewed as the manifestation of effects of dynamical quarks. In the scalar channel, the ground state masses extracted from the correlation functions of gluonic operators are determined to be around 1.4-1.5 GeV, which is close to the ground state masses from the correlation functions of the quark bilinear operators. In all cases, the mixing between glueballs and conventional mesons remains to be further clarified in the future.     

Transition Temperature of Two-Degenerate-Flavour QCD in the Chiral Limit

We present the results for the transition temperature of quantum chromodynamics （QCD） with two degenerate flavours （Nf = 2） of Wilson quarks. On lattice 8^3 × 4 with 4 representing the temporal extent, by using the Ferrenberg-Swendsen reweighting method, we determine the critical β = 6/g^2 where the transition occurs, g is the coupling constant. On lattice 8^2 × 20 × 4, by using the axial vector Ward-Takahashi identity, we calculate the current quark mass amq, a is the lattice spacing. Assuming the O（4） scaling, the critical β in the chiral limit is determined. We calculate the p meson mass amp at zero temperature on lattice 8^3 × 20. By using the experimental p meson mass to set the scale, we obtain 194（1） MeV for the transition temperature in the chiral limit.     

Chiral phase structure of the sixteen meson states in the SU(3) Polyakov linear-sigma model for finite temperature and chemical potential in a strong magnetic field

In characterizing the chiral phase-structure of pseudoscalar(J~(pc) = 0~(-+)), scalar(J~(pc) = 0~(++)), vector(J~(pc) =1~(--)) and axial-vector(J~(pc) = 1~(++)t) meson states and their dependence on temperature, chemical potential, and magnetic field,we utilize the SU(3) Polyakov linear-sigma model(PLSM) in the mean-field approximation. We first determine the chiral(non)strange quark condensates,σ_l and σ_s, and the corresponding deconfinement order parameters, φ and φ~*, in thermal and dense(finite chemical potential) medium and finite magnetic field. The temperature and the chemical potential characteristics of nonet meson states normalized to the lowest bosonic Matsubara frequency are analyzed. We note that all normalized meson masses become temperature independent at different critical temperatures. We observe that the chiral and deconfinement phase transitions are shifted to lower quasicritical temperatures with increasing chemical potential and magnetic field. Thus, we conclude that the magnetic field seems to have almost the same effect as the chemical potential, especially on accelerating the phase transition, i.e. inverse magnetic catalysis. We also find that increasing the chemical potential enhances the mass degeneracy of the various meson masses, while increasing the magnetic field seems to reduce the critical chemical potential, at which the chiral phase transition takes place. Our mass spectrum calculations agree well with the recent PDG compilations and PNJL, lattice QCD calculations, and QMD/UrQMD simulations.     

(Pseudo) Scalar mesons in a self-consistent NJL model

In this study, we investigate the mass spectra of π and σ mesons at finite chemical potential using the self-consistent NJL model and the Fierz-transformed interaction Lagrangian. The model introduces an arbitrary parameter α to reflect the weights of the Fierz-transformed interaction channels. We show that, when α exceeds a certain threshold value, the chiral phase transition transforms from a first-order one to a smooth crossover, which is evident from the behaviors of the chiral condensates a...     

Quenched Charmed Meson Spectra Using Tadpole Improved Quark Action on Anisotropic Lattices

Charmed meson charmonium spectra are studied with improved quark actions on anisotropic lattices. We measured the pseudo-scalar and vector meson dispersion relations for four lowest lattice momentum modes with quark mass values ranging from the strange quark to charm quark with three different values of gauge coupling β and four different values of bare speed of light v. With the bare speed of light parameter v tuned in a mass-dependent way, we study the mass spectra of D, Ds, ηc, D^＊, D^＊s and J/ψ mesons. The results extrapolated to the continuum limit are compared with the experiment, and a qualitative agreement is found.     

Ground State Mass Spectrum for Scalar Diquarks with Bethe-Salpeter Equation

In this article,we study the structures of the pseudoscalar mesons π,K and the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa in the framework of the coupled rainbow Schwinger-Dyson equation and ladder Bethe-Salpeter equation with the confining effective potential.The u,d,s quarks have small current masses,and the renormalization is very large,the mass poles in the timelike region are absent which implements confinement naturally.The Bethe-Salpeter wavefunctions of the pseudoscalar mesons π,K,and the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa have the same type (Gaussian type) momentum dependence,center around zero momentum and extend to the energy scale about q2 = 1 GeV2,which happens to be the energy scale for the chiral symmetry breaking,the strong interactions in the infrared region result in bound (or quasi-bound) states.The numerical results for the masses and decay constants of the π and K mesons can reproduce the experimental values,and the ground state masses of the scalar diquarks Ua,Da,Sa are consistent with the existing theoretical calculations.We suggest a new Lagrangian which may explain the uncertainty of the masses of the scalar diquarks.     

Statistical method in quark combination model

We present a new method for solving the probability distribution for baryons,antibaryons,and mesons at the hadronization of the constituent quark and antiquark system.The hadronization is governed by the quark combination rule in the quark combination model developed by the Shandong Group.We employ the method of the generating function to derive the outcome of the quark combination rule,which is significantly simpler and easier to generalize than the original method.Furthermore,we use the formula of the quark combination rule and its generalization to study the property of the multiplicity distribution of net-protons.Taking a naive case of quark number fluctuations and correlations at hadronization,we calculate ratios of multiplicity cumulants of final-state net-protons and discuss the potential applicability of the quark combination model by studying hadronic multiplicity fluctuations and the underlying phase transition property in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.     

Hadrons from a hard wall AdS/QCD model

We review a recent work on masses of mesons and nucleons within a hard wall model of holographic QCD in a unified approach.In order to treat meson and nucleon properties on the same footing,we introduced the same infrared （IR） cut for both sectors.In framework of present approach,the best fit to the experimental data is achieved introducing the anomalous dimension for baryons.     

Study of the Bc—Meson Lifetime

We in terms of optical theorem estimate the lifetime of Bc meson with the parameters which are determined by fitting the data for the lifetimes and inclusive semileptonic decays of various B and D mesons.In the estimation,we find that the bound-state effects are important,and take them into account carefully in the framework which attributes the effects to the effective masses of the decay heavy quarks in the inclusive processes.We also find that to c liftime the peguin contribution is enhanced due to possible interference between peguin and the tree part c1O1 c2O2,.     

Chiral symmetry restoration and deconfinement in the contact interaction model of quarks with parallel electric and magnetic fields

We study the impact of steady,homogeneous,and external parallel electric and magnetic field strengths(eE ‖ eB) on the chiral symmetry breaking-restoration and confinement-deconfinement phase transition.We also sketch the phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics(QCD) at a finite temperature T and in the presence of background fields.The unified formalism for this study is based on the Schwinger-Dyson equations,symmetry preserving vector-vector contact interaction model of quarks,and an optimal time regularization scheme.At T=0,in the purely magnetic case(i.e.,eE→0),we observe the well-known magnetic catalysis effect.However,in a pure electric field background(eB→0),the electric field tends to restore the chiral symmetry and deconfinement above the pseudo-critical electric field eE_c~(χ,C).In the presence of both eE and eB,we determine the magnetic catalysis effect in the particular region where eB dominates over eE,whereas we observe the chiral inhibition(or electric chiral rotation) effect when eE overshadows eB.At finite T,in the pure electric field case,the phenomenon of inverse electric catalysis appears to exist in the proposed model.Conversely,for a pure magnetic field background,we observe the magnetic catalysis effect in the mean-field approximation and inverse magnetic catalysis with eB-dependent coupling.The combined effects of eE and eB on the pseudo-critical T_c~(χ,C) yields an inverse electromagnetic catalysis,with and without an eB-dependent effective coupling of the model.The findings of this study agree well with the already predicted results obtained via lattice simulations and other reliable effective models of QCD.     

UA(1) symmetry restoration at high baryon density

We study the relation between chiral and U_A(1) symmetries in the quark-meson model.Although quarks and mesons are described in mean field approximation,the topological susceptibility characterizing the U_A(1) breaking comprises two components:one controlled by the condensate and the other by the meson fluctuation.The U_A(1)restoration is governed by the competition of these components.In a hot medium,the condensates melt.However,the fluctuation is enhanced.Therefor...     

Effects of σ* and Φ mesons on the surface redshift of a neutron star

The effects of σ and Φ mesons on the surface redshift of a neutron star have been investigated within the framework of relativistic mean field theory for the baryon octet {n,p,Λ,Σ,Σ 0,Σ +,Ξ,Ξ 0 } system.It is found that compared with those without considering the contributions of σ and Φ mesons,the surface redshift decreases and that corresponding to the maximum value of the mass also decreases from 0.2540 to 0.2236,about by 12%.Meanwhile,it is also found that including σ and Φ mesons,the M/R and that corresponding to the maximum mass decrease.     

Decay constants of pseudoscalar and vector mesons with improved holographic wavefunction

We calculate the decay constants of light and heavy-light pseudoscalar and vector mesons with improved soft-wall holographic wavefuntions,which take into account the effects of both quark masses and dynamical spins.We find that the predicted decay constants,especially for the ratio f V/f P,based on light-front holographic QCD,can be significantly improved,once the dynamical spin effects are taken into account by introducing the helicity-dependent wavefunctions.We also perform detailed χ~2 analyses for the holographic parameters(i.e.the mass-scale parameterκ and the quark masses),by confronting our predictions with the data for the charged-meson decay constants and the meson spectra.The fitted values for these parameters are generally in agreement with those obtained by fitting to the Regge trajectories.At the same time,most of our results for the decay constants and their ratios agree with the data as well as the predictions based on lattice QCD and QCD sum rule approaches,with only a few exceptions observed.     

Note on non-vacuum conformal family contributions to Rényi entropy in two-dimensional CFT

We calculate the contributions of a general non-vacuum conformal family to R′enyi entropy in twodimensional conformal field theory(CFT). The primary operator of the conformal family can be either non-chiral or chiral, and we denote its scaling dimension by ?. For the case of two short intervals on a complex plane, we expand the R′enyi mutual information by the cross ratio x to order x~(2?+2). For the case of one interval on a torus with low temperature, we expand the R′enyi entropy by q = exp(-2πβ/L), with β being the inverse temperature and L being the spatial period, to order q~(?+2). To make the result meaningful, we require that the scaling dimension ? cannot be too small. For two intervals on a complex plane we need ? 1, and for one interval on a torus we need ? 2.We work in the small Newton constant limit on the gravity side and so a large central charge limit on the CFT side,and find matches of gravity and CFT results.     

Exact quantum defect theory approach for lithium in magnetic fields

We calculate the diamagnetic spectrum of lithium at highly excited states up to the positive energy range using the exact quantum defect theory approach. The concerned excitation is one-photon transition from the ground state 2s to the highly excited states np with π and σ polarizations respectively. Lithium has a small quantum defect value 0.05 for the np states, and its diamagnetic spectrum is very similar to that of hydrogen in the energy range approaching the ionization limit. However, a careful calculation shows that the spectrum has a significant discrepancy with that of hydrogen when the energy is lower than 70cm-1 . The effect of the quantum defect is also discussed for the Stark spectrum. It is found that the σ transition to the np states in an electric field has a similar behavior to that of hydrogen due to zero interaction with channel ns.     

Survival of charged ρ condensation at high temperature and density

The charged vector ρ mesons in the presence of external magnetic fields at finite temperature T and chemical potential μ have been investigated in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model.We compute the masses of charged ρ mesons numerically as a function of the magnetic field for different values of temperature and chemical potential.The self-energy of the ρ meson contains the quark-loop contribution,i.e.the leading order contribution in 1/N_C expansion.The charged ρ meson mass decreases with the magnetic field and drops to zero at a critical magnetic field eB_c,which indicates that the charged vector meson condensation,i.e.the electromagnetic superconductor can be induced above the critical magnetic field.Surprisingly,it is found that the charged ρ condensation can even survive at high temperature and density.At zero temperature,the critical magnetic field just increases slightly with the chemical potential,which indicates that charged ρ condensation might occur inside compact stars.At zero density,in the temperature range 0.2 — 0.5 GeV,the critical magnetic field for charged ρ condensation is in the range of 0.2 — 0.6 GeV~2,which indicates that a high temperature electromagnetic superconductor might be created at LHC.