1210.7994 (Michael Fromm et al.)

Phase transitions in heavy-quark QCD from an effective theory    [PDF]

Michael Fromm, Jens Langelage, Stefano Lottini, Mathias Neuman, Owe Philipsen

With combined hopping parameter and strong coupling expansions, we calculate a dimensionally reduced Polyakov-loop effective theory valid for heavy quarks at nonzero temperature and arbitrary chemical potential. We numerically compute the critical endpoint of the deconfinement transition as a function of quark masses and number of flavours. We also investigate the applicability of the model to the low-T and high density region, specifically in terms of baryon condensation phenomena.

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