Wagner, Mathias (2009)
The Chiral and Deconfinement Phase Transitions in Strongly Interacting Matter.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dissertation, Erstveröffentlichung
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
The phase diagram of strongly interacting matter is one of the most exciting subjects of modern particle physics. Theoretically strongly interacting matter is described by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). At finite temperatures and densities two phase transitions are expected: the restoration of chiral symmetry and the deconfinement transition. In the standard scenario one expects the existence of a critical end point in the corresponding QCD phase diagram. Besides lattice gauge simulation, only applicable at vanishing chemical potential, calculations using effective models are the only way to access arbitrary regions of the QCD phase diagram. These models are constructed on the basis of the chiral symmetry of QCD. One of these effective models is the linear sigma model (LsM) supplemented by fermionic freedom. We have investigated the influence of various parameters and the axial anomaly on the restoration of the chiral symmetry and the existence and position of the critical end point in a LsM with three quark flavors. The chiral critical surface confirms the standard scenario of the QCD phase diagram. The investigated model includes no gluonic degrees of freedom and is therefore unable to describe effects associated with the confinement property of QCD. One possibility to include these effects is the coupling of the "Polyakov loop" to the fermionic degrees of freedom resulting in the Polyakov-Quark-Meson (PQM) model. In this model the relation of the two phase transitions was considered. In particular, it was investigated whether both transitions occur along one common phase boundary. At vanishing chemical potential a simultaneous transition is preferred. However, at finite chemical potential both transitions split and chiral symmetry is restored before the deconfinement transition. This leads to a quarkyonic phase in the PQM model. Generally, the chiral transition occurs at higher temperatures in the model with included confinement effects. In addition, various thermodynamic properties of strongly interacting matter were investigated. With the PQM model recent lattice data have been reproduced. The size of the critical region in the vicinity of the critical end point was investigated. Its shape can be explained by different values of the critical exponents for different paths towards the critical end point that we have explicitly calculated. An extrapolation technique, to extend results from lattice calculations to finite chemical potential, is based on a Taylor expansion of the pressure. A new technique has been developed to evaluate high coefficients with high precision. In combination with the possibility to calculate the thermodynamic potential in the PQM model at finite chemical potential, this allows us for the first time to test the method in a realistic model for strongly interacting matter. It turns out that even with the 24th coefficient one cannot reliably estimate the position of the critical endpoint.
Typ des Eintrags: | Dissertation | ||||
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Erschienen: | 2009 | ||||
Autor(en): | Wagner, Mathias | ||||
Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung | ||||
Titel: | The Chiral and Deconfinement Phase Transitions in Strongly Interacting Matter | ||||
Sprache: | Englisch | ||||
Referenten: | Wambach, Prof. Dr. Jochen ; Fischer, Prof. Dr. Christian S. | ||||
Publikationsjahr: | 9 Februar 2009 | ||||
Ort: | Darmstadt | ||||
Verlag: | Technische Universität | ||||
Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: | 2 Februar 2009 | ||||
URL / URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-13174 | ||||
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The phase diagram of strongly interacting matter is one of the most exciting subjects of modern particle physics. Theoretically strongly interacting matter is described by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). At finite temperatures and densities two phase transitions are expected: the restoration of chiral symmetry and the deconfinement transition. In the standard scenario one expects the existence of a critical end point in the corresponding QCD phase diagram. Besides lattice gauge simulation, only applicable at vanishing chemical potential, calculations using effective models are the only way to access arbitrary regions of the QCD phase diagram. These models are constructed on the basis of the chiral symmetry of QCD. One of these effective models is the linear sigma model (LsM) supplemented by fermionic freedom. We have investigated the influence of various parameters and the axial anomaly on the restoration of the chiral symmetry and the existence and position of the critical end point in a LsM with three quark flavors. The chiral critical surface confirms the standard scenario of the QCD phase diagram. The investigated model includes no gluonic degrees of freedom and is therefore unable to describe effects associated with the confinement property of QCD. One possibility to include these effects is the coupling of the "Polyakov loop" to the fermionic degrees of freedom resulting in the Polyakov-Quark-Meson (PQM) model. In this model the relation of the two phase transitions was considered. In particular, it was investigated whether both transitions occur along one common phase boundary. At vanishing chemical potential a simultaneous transition is preferred. However, at finite chemical potential both transitions split and chiral symmetry is restored before the deconfinement transition. This leads to a quarkyonic phase in the PQM model. Generally, the chiral transition occurs at higher temperatures in the model with included confinement effects. In addition, various thermodynamic properties of strongly interacting matter were investigated. With the PQM model recent lattice data have been reproduced. The size of the critical region in the vicinity of the critical end point was investigated. Its shape can be explained by different values of the critical exponents for different paths towards the critical end point that we have explicitly calculated. An extrapolation technique, to extend results from lattice calculations to finite chemical potential, is based on a Taylor expansion of the pressure. A new technique has been developed to evaluate high coefficients with high precision. In combination with the possibility to calculate the thermodynamic potential in the PQM model at finite chemical potential, this allows us for the first time to test the method in a realistic model for strongly interacting matter. It turns out that even with the 24th coefficient one cannot reliably estimate the position of the critical endpoint. |
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Freie Schlagworte: | QCD phase diagram, theoretical physics, confinement, chiral symmetry | ||||
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik | ||||
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Kernphysik 05 Fachbereich Physik |
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Hinterlegungsdatum: | 10 Feb 2009 12:25 | ||||
Letzte Änderung: | 05 Mär 2013 09:28 | ||||
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Referenten: | Wambach, Prof. Dr. Jochen ; Fischer, Prof. Dr. Christian S. | ||||
Datum der mündlichen Prüfung / Verteidigung / mdl. Prüfung: | 2 Februar 2009 | ||||
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