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arxiv: hep-lat/0209054 · v1 · pith:M3KBLLXNnew · submitted 2002-09-04 · ✦ hep-lat

Lattice QCD at finite isospin chemical potential and temperature

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keywords finitechemicalorderpotentialtemperaturecondensatedependenceisospin
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We simulate lattice QCD at a finite chemical potential $\mu_I$ for isospin ($I_3$) at zero and finite temperatures. At some $\mu_I=\mu_c$ QCD has a second order transition with mean-field critical exponents to a state where ($I_3$) is broken spontaneously by a charged pion condensate. Heating the system with $\mu_I > \mu_c$ we find there is some temperature at which this condensate evaporates. This transition appears to be second order and mean-field at lower $\mu_I$ values, and first order for $\mu_I$ sufficiently large. We are determining the dependence of the finite temperature crossover $T_c$ on $\mu_I$ for $\mu_I < \mu_c$. This is expected to be identical to $T_c$'s dependence on quark-number chemical potential $\mu_q$ for small $\mu_q$.

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