Calculation of Equation of State of QCD at Finite Chemical Potential and Temperature

In this paper, using path integral techniques we derive a model-independent formula for the pressure density P（μ, T） （or equivalently the partition function） of Quantum Chromodynamics （QCD）, which gives the equation of state （EOS） of QCD at finite chemical potential and temperature. In this formula the pressure density P（μ, T） consists of two terms： the first term （p（μ, T）｜T=0） is a μ-independent （but T-dependent） constant; the second term is totally determined by G[μ, T]（p, ωn） （the dressed quark propagator at finite μ and finite T）, which contains all the nontrivial μ-dependence. Then, in the framework of the rainbow-ladder approximation of the Dyson-Schwinger （DS） approach and under the approximation of neglecting the μ-dependence of the dressed gluon propagator, we show that G[μ, T]（p,ωn） can be obtained from G[T]（p,ωn ） （the dressed quark propagator at μ= 0） by the substitution ωn →ωn ＋ iμ. This result facilitates numerical calculations considerably. By this result, once C [T] （p, ωn） is known, one can determine the EOS of QCD under the above approximations （up to the additive term p（μ, T）｜T=0）. Finally, a comparison of the present EOS of QCD and the EOS obtained in the previous literatures in the framework of the rainbow-ladder approximation of the DS approach is given. It is found that the EOS given in the previous literatures does not satisfy the thermodynamic relation ρ（μ,T） =δp（μ,T）/δμ｜T.     

Calculation of Partition Function of QCD at Finite Chemical Potential

In equilibrium statistical field theory, the partition function has fundamental importance. In this paper we propose a direct and general method for calculating the partition function and equation of state of QCD at finite chemical potential. It is found that the partition function is totally determined by the dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential up to a multiplicative constant. From this a criterion for the phase transition between the Nambu and the Wigner phases is obtained. This general method is applied to two specific cases： the free quark theory and QCD with a model dressed quark propagator having confinement features. In the first case, the standard Fermi distribution at T = 0 is reproduced. In the second case, we apply the conclusion in previous works to obtain the dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential and find the unphysical result that the baryon number density vanishes for all values of chemical potential. The reason for this result is discussed.     

Calculation of equation of state of QCD at zero temperature and finite chemical potential

In this paper we calculate the equation of state （EOS） of QCD at zero temperature and finite chemical potential by using several models of quark propagators including the Dyson-Schwinger equations （DSEs） model,the hard-dense-loop （HDL） approximation and the quasi-particle model.The results are analyzed and compared with the known results in the literature.     

Calculation of equation of state of QCD at zero temperature and finite chemical potential

In this paper we calculate the equation of state (EOS) of QCD at zero temperature and finite chemical potential by using several models of quark propagators including the Dyson-Schwinger equations (DSEs) model, the hard-dense-loop (HDL) approximation and the quasi-particle model. The results are analyzed and compared with the known results in the literature.     

Equation of state and chiral transition in soft-wall AdS/QCD with a more realistic gravitational background

We construct an improved soft-wall AdS/QCD model with a cubic coupling term of the dilaton and the bulk scalar field. The background fields in this model are solved by the Einstein-dilaton system with a nontrivial dilaton potential, which has been shown to reproduce the equation of state from the lattice QCD with two flavors. The chiral transition behaviors are investigated in the improved soft-wall AdS/QCD model with the solved gravitational background, and the crossover transition can be realized. Our study provides the possibility to address the deconfining and chiral phase transitions simultaneously in the bottom-up holographic framework.     

Quark-Number Susceptibility at Finite Chemical Potential and Zero Temperature

We give a direct method for calculating the quark-number susceptibility at finite chemical potential and zero temperature. In this approach the quark-number susceptibility is totally determined by G[μ]（p） （the dressed quark propagator at finite chemical potential μ）. By applying the general result in our previous study [Phys. Rev. C 71 （2005） 015205, 034901, 73 （2006） 016004 ] G[μ]（p） is calculated from the model quark propagator proposed by Pagels and Stokar [Phys. Rev. D 20 （1979） 2947]. The full analytic expression of the quark-number susceptibility at finite μ and zero T is obtained.     

F－L模型的状态方程与退禁闭相变图象

用温度场论方法计算了Ｆ－Ｌ模型在有限温度和密度下的状态方程，分析了压强对净重子数密度的等温线．结果表明，在平均场近似下，Ｆ－Ｌ模型所给出的退禁闭相变为一级相变．     

QCD at finite temperature and density within the fRG approach: an overview

In this paper, we present an overview on recent progress in studies of QCD at finite temperature and densities within the functional renormalization group (fRG) approach. The fRG is a nonperturbative continuum field approach, in which quantum, thermal and density fluctuations are integrated successively with the evolution of the renormalization group (RG) scale. The fRG results for the QCD phase structure and the location of the critical end point (CEP), the QCD equation of state (EoS), the magnetic EoS, baryon number fluctuations confronted with recent experimental measurements, various critical exponents, spectral functions in the critical region, the dynamical critical exponent, etc, are presented. Recent estimates of the location of the CEP from first-principle QCD calculations within fRG and Dyson–Schwinger equations, which pass through lattice benchmark tests at small baryon chemical potentials, converge in a rather small region at baryon chemical potentials of about 600 MeV. A region of inhomogeneous instability indicated by a negative wave function renormalization is found with μ_B ≳ 420 MeV. It is found that the non-monotonic dependence of the kurtosis of the net-proton number distributions on the beam collision energy observed in experiments could arise from the increasingly sharp crossover in the regime of low collision energy.     

液态CO2高温高密度状态方程研究

 利用二级轻气炮作冲击加载手段，采用自己建立的低温靶，比较系统地研究了液态CO₂的冲击压缩行为。在20～60 GPa压力区获得六个新的Hugoniot数据点。根据这些实验点，采用液体统计力学理论和化学平衡方法，重新优化获得一组CO₂－CO₂，CO₂－O，CO－O作用势参数。分析表明，引起体系在25 GPa以上区域冲击软化现象的主要机制是CO₂离解反应，CO₂—→CO+O。     

Dynamical Model of QCD Vacuum and Color Thaw at Finite Temperatures

In terms of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) mechanism, the dynamical symmetry breaking of a simple localgauge model is investigated. An important relation between the vacuum expectation value of gauge fields and scalarfields is derived by solving the Euler equation for the gauge fields. Based on this relation the SU(3) gauge potential isgiven which can be used to explain the asymptotic freedom and confinement of quarks in a hadron. The confinementbehavior at finite temperatures is also investigated and it is shown that color confinement at zero temperature can bemelted away under high temperatures.     

Dynamical Model of QCD Vacuum and Color Thaw at Finite Temperatures

In terms of the Nambu Jona-Lasinio (NJL) mechanism, the dynamical symmetry breaking of a simple local gauge model is investigated. An important relation between the vacuum expectation value of gauge fields and scalar fields is derived by solving the Euler equation for the gauge fields. Based on this relation the SU(3) gauge potential is given which can be used to explain the asymptotic freedom and confinement of quarks in a hadron. The confinement behavior at finite temperatures is also investigated and it is shown that color confinement at zero temperature can be melted away under high temperatures.     

室温高压下天然锡石状态方程研究

 利用金刚石压腔同步辐射X射线就位衍射技术,在室温、最高压力达13 GPa条件下,对采自云南个旧锡矿的天然锡石做了X衍射测量。结果表明,在实验压力范围内锡石未发生相变,其晶胞参数随压力增大而逐渐减小。与前人合成锡石实验结果相比,本次实验测定的晶胞参数偏大。由Birch状态方程对实验结果p-V进行最小二乘法拟合,得出锡石的K_T(0)＝228 GPa。分析认为,在天然矿物晶体中,Zr对Sn的类质同象置换是晶胞参数偏大的主要原因。     

QCD phase diagram at finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials with the self-consistent mean field approximation

The self-consistent mean field approximation of the two-flavor NJL model,with a free parameter a to reflect the competition between the "direct" channel and the "exchange" channel,is employed to study the QCD phase structure at finite iso spin chemical potential μ_I,finite bary on chemical potential μ_B and finite temperature T,and especially to study the location of the QCD critical point.Our results show that in order to match the corresponding lattice results of iso spin density and energy density,the contributions of the "exchange" channel need to be considered in the framework of the NJL model,and a weighting factor α=0.5 should be taken.It is also found that for fixed isospin chemical potentials,the lower temperature of the phase transition is obtained with increasing a in the T-μ_I plane,and the largest difference of the phase transition temperature with different a's appears at μ_I~1.5 mπ.At μ_I=0 the temperature of the QCD critical end point(CEP) decreases with increasing a,while the critical baryon chemical potential increases.At high isospin chemical potential(μ_I=500 MeV),the temperature of the QCD tricritical point(TCP) increases with increasing a,and in the low temperature regions the system will transition from the pion superfluidity phase to the normal phase as μ_B increases.At low density,the critical temperature of the QCD phase transition with different a's rapidly increases with μ_I at the beginning,and then increases smoothly around μ_I 300 MeV.In the high baryon density region,the increase of the iso spin chemical potential will raise the critical baryon chemical potential of the phase transition.     

Complex-Variable Fokker-Planck Equation Solved in Entangled State Representation

We lind that the Fokker-Planck equation in complex variables can be conveniently solved in the context of bipartite entangled state representation and its relationship with SU（2） Lie algebraic generators＇ new realization {（1/4）[（Q1 - Q2）^2 ＋ （P1＋ P2）^2], （1/4）[（Q1 ＋Q2）^2＋ （P1 - P2）^2], and -（i/2）（Q1P2 ＋ Q2P1）}, the quadratic combination of canonical operators.     

QCD Phase Transitions and Bag Constants at Finite Chemical Potential

The global colour model at finite temperature is further extended to study the systems at finite chemical potential. The deconfinement and chiral phase transition at finite chemical potential and at temperature T = 0 K are studied simultaneously. Meanwhile the evolution of the bag constants at finite chemical potential is calculated. The dependences of results on the model parameters are discussed in detail     

Top-Quark Condensate at Finite Temperature and Electroweak Symmetry Restoration

The gap equation at finite temperature in the top-quark condensate scheme of electroweak symmetry breaking is proven to have the identical form in both the imaginary and real time formalisms of thermal field theory. By means of the gap equation, combined with the basic relation to define the vacuum expectation value v of the effective Higgs field, we analyze the dependence on temperature T and chemical potential p of the dynamical top-quark mass as the order parameter characteristic of symmetry breaking, and obtain the p-T criticality curve for symmetry restoration. We find out that the critical temperature T_c = 2υ for μ = 0 and the critical chemical potential μ_c = 2 π υ / √3 for T = 0. When μ = 0, the top-quark mass near T_c has the leading (T_c² - T²)^1/2 behavior with an extra factor dependent on temperature T and the momentum cutoff Λ. However, it is generally argued that the symmetry restoration at T ≥ T_c is still a second-order phase transition.     

有限温度QCD热力学势的双圈修正

用热传播子的实时形式计算了有限温度QCD热力学势的一级修正,并讨论了夸克胶子等离子体中的压强修正以及强子退禁闭相变临界温度的修正.     

Equation of State of the Strong Interaction Matter in an External Magnetic Field

We investigate the equation of state of the strong interaction matter in a background magnetic field via the two flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. Starting from the mean-field thermodynamical potential density Ω, we calculate the pressure density p, the entropy density s, the energy density ε, and the interaction measure (ε-3p)=T⁴ of the strong interaction matter at finite temperature and finite magnetic field. The results manifest that the chiral phase transition is just a crossover but not a low order phase transition. Moreover there may exist magnetic catalysis effect, and its mechanism is just the effective dimension reduction induced by the magnetic field.     

广义Morse流体解析状态方程及对氮的应用

 根据Ross变分微扰理论以及硬球流体Percus-Yevick（PY） 径向分布函数表达式,建立了广义Morse势流体的解析状态方程。与模拟结果的比较一方面证实了广义Morse 势模型的合理性;另一方面表明了解析Ross变分微扰理论的精度相当或略好于非解析的Weeks-Chandler-Anderson （mWCA）理论,而优于复杂的优化超网络链积分方程理论（RHNC）。该解析状态方程被应用于拟合处于环境温度和压强小于1 GPa情形流体氮的实验数据,所得到的势能参数被用于预测高温高密度情形氮流体的压强,预测结果证实,该解析状态方程可以很好地适用于较宽的压强和温度范围。     

Local Field Corrections Effect on Equation of State in Dense Hydrogen Plasma: Plasma Phase Transition

We present calculations of Hydrogen plasma pressure including local field correction (LFC) effects modelled in the Singwi Tosi Land and Sjölander model extended to arbitrary temperature (ATSTLS), neutrals contributions are not included. We show that LFC induces thermodynamic instabilities (phase transition) in the vicinity of the maximum electron coupling parameter which corresponds to maximum departure of the ATSTLS electron polarizability from the Random Phase Approximation one. Comparison of our results to Monte‐Carlo calculations induced us to think that free electron coupling plays a dominant role in plasma phase transition. Critical temperature is estimated and compared to existing values (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)