Critical region of the finite temperature chiral transition

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20 July 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-lat/9805023

Abstract

We study a Yukawa theory with spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and with a large number N of fermions near the finite temperature phase transition. Critical properties in such a system can be described by the mean field theory very close to the transition point. We show that the width of the region where non-trivial critical behavior sets in is suppressed by a certain power of 1/N. Our Monte Carlo simulations confirm these analytical results. We discuss implications for the chiral phase transition in QCD.

Keywords

MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS
TEMPERATURE CHIRAL
FINITE TEMPERATURE
CHIRAL TRANSITION
PHASE TRANSITION
CRITICAL REGION
QCD

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Published version: Physical Review D, 58 (9), 096001.

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