A canonical ensemble algorithm is employed to study the phase diagram of $N_f = 3$ QCD using lattice simulations. We lock in the desired quark number sector using an exact Fourier transform of the fermion determinant. We scan the phase space below $T_c$ and look for an S-shape structure in the chemical potential, which signals the coexistence phase of a first order phase transition in finite volume. Applying Maxwell construction, we determine the boundaries of the coexistence phase at three temperatures and extrapolate them to locate the critical point. Using an improved gauge action and improved Wilson fermions on lattices with a spatial extent of $1.8 \fm$ and quark masses close to that of the strange, we find the critical point at $T_E = 0.925(5) T_c$ and baryon chemical potential $μ_B^E = 2.60(8) T_c$.
Finite Density Algorithm in Lattice QCD -- a Canonical Ensemble Approach
本文将回顾基于有限化学势的格点量子色动力学的有限密度算法，并总结其中的难点。我将提出一个正则系综方法，它从费米子行列式中投影出有限重子数扇区。对于这个算法的工作，它需要一个有效的方法来计算费米子行列式和蒙特卡罗算法，它容纳无偏估计的概率。我将报告沿这一方向取得的进展与Padé - Z $_2$估计的行列式及其实施的新开发的噪声蒙特卡罗算法。
We investigate the nuclear and the quark matter at finite real chemical potential ($μ_\mathrm{R}$) and low temperature from the viewpoint of the canonical sectors constructed via the imaginary chemical potential region. Based on the large $N_\mathrm{c}$ estimation, where $N_\mathrm{c}$ is the number of color, we can discuss the confinement-deconfinement nature at finite $μ_\mathrm{R}$ from the canonical sectors. We found the expectation that the sharp change of canonical sectors at $μ_\mathrm{R} \sim M_\mathrm{B}/N_\mathrm{c}$, where $M_\mathrm{B}$ is the lowest baryon mass, is happen in the l…
At sufficiently low temperature, without requiring any numerical data at finite real chemical potential, we can clarify the canonical partition function with fixed quark number via the imaginary chemical potential region with few ansatzs. The canonical partition function relates to the multiplicity distribution which can be observed in collider experiments and thus we may access important information of the properties of the QCD matter based on the canonical method. In this paper, we estimate the multiplicity entropy, the configuration entropy, and the pointwise information which can be calcul…
