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We investigate N f = 1 QCD in external magnetic fields on the lattice. The background field is introduced by means of the so-called Schrödinger functional. We adopt standard staggered fermions with constant bare mass am = 0.025 and magnetic fields with constant magnetic flux up to a 2 eH ≃ 2.3562. We find that the the deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration temperatures do not depend on the strength of the applied magnetic field. Our method allow us to easily study the effects of the external magnetic fields on the QCD thermodynamics. We determine the influences of applied magnetic fields to the free energy, pressure, and equation of state of strongly interacting matter.
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Cea, P., Cosmai, L. N f = 1 QCD in external magnetic fields: staggered fermions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 1–21 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2015)058
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