Color path integral equation of state of the quark–gluon plasma at nonzero chemical potential. (20th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Filinov, V S; Bonitz, M; Ivanov, Yu B; Ilgenfritz, E-M; Fortov, V E
• Is Part Of: Plasma physics and controlled fusion. Volume 57:Number 4(2015:Apr.)
• Publication Date: 2015-03-20
• Subjects: quark -- gluon -- plasma -- Monte Carlo method -- thermodynamics; Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Periodicals; Controlled fusion -- Periodicals; 530.44
• DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/57/4/044004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-3335

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the constituent quasiparticle model of the quark–gluon plasma (QGP), a color quantum path-integral Monte-Carlo (PIMC) method for calculation of the thermodynamic properties of the QGP is developed. We show that the PIMC method can be used for calculations of the equation of state at zero and non-zero baryon chemical potential not only above but also below the QCD critical temperature. Our results agree with lattice QCD calculations based on a Taylor expansion around zero baryon chemical potential. In our approach the QGP partition function is presented in the form of a color path integral with a relativistic measure replacing the Gaussian one traditionally used in the Feynman–Wiener path integrals. A procedure of sampling color variables according to the SU(3) group Haar measure is used for integration over the color variables. We expect that this approach will be useful to predict additional properties of the QGP that are still unaccesible in lattice QCD.