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Critical point of QCD at finite T and \mu, lattice results for physical quark masses

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A critical point (E) is expected in QCD on the temperature (T) versus baryonic chemical potential (\mu) plane. Using a recently proposed lattice method for \mu \neq 0 we study dynamical QCD with n_f=2+1 staggered quarks of physical masses on L_t=4 lattices. Our result for the critical point is T_E=162 \pm 2 MeV and \mu_E= 360 \pm 40 MeV. For the critical temperature at \mu=0 we obtained T_c=164 \pm 2 MeV. This work extends our previous study [Z. Fodor and S.D.Katz, JHEP 0203 (2002) 014] by two means. It decreases the light quark masses (m_{u,d}) by a factor of three down to their physical values. Furthermore, in order to approach the thermodynamical limit we increase our largest volume by a factor of three. As expected, decreasing m_{u,d} decreased \mu_E. Note, that the continuum extrapolation is still missing

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The QCD phase diagram for three-flavor M\"obius domain-wall fermions

hep-lat · 2026-06-26 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Lattice simulations with Möbius domain-wall fermions find the three-flavor QCD transition at mu_B=0 is a continuous crossover at pseudocritical quark masses of 184(10) MeV (Nt=6), 36-39 MeV (Nt=8), and 3.5-3.7 MeV (Nt=12) in the MSbar scheme.

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