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Is there still any Tc mystery in lattice QCD? Results with physical masses in the continuum limit III

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The present paper concludes our investigations on the QCD cross-over transition temperatures with 2+1 staggered flavours and one-link stout improvement. We extend our previous two studies [Phys. Lett. B643 (2006) 46, JHEP 0906:088 (2009)] by choosing even finer lattices ($N_t$=16) and we work again with physical quark masses. The new results on this broad cross-over are in complete agreement with our earlier ones. We compare our findings with the published results of the hotQCD collaboration. All these results are confronted with the predictions of the Hadron Resonance Gas model and Chiral Perturbation Theory for temperatures below the transition region. Our results can be reproduced by using the physical spectrum in these analytic calculations. The findings of the hotQCD collaboration can be recovered by using a distorted spectrum which takes into account lattice discretization artifacts and heavier than physical quark masses. This analysis provides a simple explanation for the observed discrepancy in the transition temperatures between our and the hotQCD collaborations.

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Two Lectures on the Phase Diagram of QCD

hep-ph · 2026-04-04 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

QCD features at least three phases at zero baryon density and three at high density, including a Quarkyonic phase at high density and low temperature, described via large-N_c and a parameter-free 3D string model.

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  • Non-monotonicity of $p_T$ correlations from meson-baryon mixing nucl-th · 2026-06-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 1 · internal anchor

    A simplified model reproduces the observed non-monotonic pT correlation minimum via meson-baryon mixing, showing it is not a reliable signal for the QCD critical point.

  • Two Lectures on the Phase Diagram of QCD hep-ph · 2026-04-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 41

    QCD features at least three phases at zero baryon density and three at high density, including a Quarkyonic phase at high density and low temperature, described via large-N_c and a parameter-free 3D string model.

  • Phase structure of strong interaction matter from Functional QCD hep-ph · 2026-06-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 5 · internal anchor

    A pedagogical review introducing functional QCD methods for studying the phase diagram of strong interaction matter at finite temperature and density.