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arxiv: 1111.5370 · v1 · pith:6BIX234Inew · submitted 2011-11-22 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-lat· nucl-th

Status of the QCD phase diagram from lattice calculations

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keywords phasediagramchemicallatticepotentialsstructurewhethercalculations
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The present knowledge of the QCD phase diagram based on simulations of lattice QCD is summarised. The main questions are whether there is a critical point in the QCD phase diagram and whether it is related to a chiral phase transition. It is shown that QCD at imaginary chemical potentials has a rich phase structure, which can be determined in a controlled way without sign problem and which severely constrains the phase structure at real chemical potentials.

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