Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2011-11-21
Journal of High Energy Physics Volume 2012, Number 2, 44
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
22 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1007/JHEP02(2012)044
The effect of an external (electro)magnetic field on the finite temperature transition of QCD is studied. We generate configurations at various values of the quantized magnetic flux with $N_f=2+1$ flavors of stout smeared staggered quarks, with physical masses. Thermodynamic observables including the chiral condensate and susceptibility, and the strange quark number susceptibility are measured as functions of the field strength. We perform the renormalization of the studied observables and extrapolate the results to the continuum limit using $N_t=6,8$ and 10 lattices. We also check for finite volume effects using various lattice volumes. We find from all of our observables that the transition temperature $T_c$ significantly decreases with increasing magnetic field. This is in conflict with various model calculations that predict an increasing $T_c(B)$. From a finite volume scaling analysis we find that the analytic crossover that is present at B=0 persists up to our largest magnetic fields $eB \approx 1 \textmd{GeV}^2$, and that the transition strength increases mildly up to this $eB\approx1 \textmd{GeV}^2$.
Bali Gunnar S.
Bruckmann Falk
Endrodi Gergely
Fodor Zoltan
Katz Sandor D.
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