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Phase Transitions in QCD

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The Deconfinement Transition of QCD

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In this chapter we introduce the concept of phase transition and we discuss the chiral and deconfinement phase transitions of QCD. We discuss the infinite quark limit, for which we have a deconfinement phase transition due to the breaking of the Z(3) symmetry, and for which the Polyakov loop is the order parameter. We also consider the opposite, massless quark limit, for which the chiral condensate is the order parameter. We finish the chapter by discussing the Columbia plot, which is the quark-mass dependence of the order of the phase transition.

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    Claudia Ratti

  2. Department of Texas, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    Rene Bellwied

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Ratti, C., Bellwied, R. (2021). Phase Transitions in QCD. In: The Deconfinement Transition of QCD. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 981. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67235-5_2

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