39 research outputs found
Lattice Study of Dense Matter with Two Colors and Four Flavors
We present results from a simulation of SU(2) lattice gauge theory with N_f=4
flavors of Wilson fermion and non-zero quark chemical potential mu, using the
same 12^3x24 lattice, bare gauge coupling, and pion mass in cut-off units as a
previous study with N_f=2. The string tension for N_f=4 is found to be
considerably smaller implying smoother gauge field configurations.
Thermodynamic observables and order parameters for superfluidity and color
deconfinement are studied, and comparisons drawn between the two theories.
Results for quark density and pressure as functions of mu are qualitatively
similar for N_f=2 and N_f=4; in both cases there is evidence for a phase in
which baryonic matter is simultaneously degenerate and confined. Results for
the stress-energy tensor, however, suggest that while N_f=2 has a regime where
dilute matter is non-relativistic and weakly-interacting, N_f=4 matter is
relativistic and strongly-interacting for all values of mu above onset.Comment: Horizontal axes of several figures rescaled. Version accepted for
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Application of the Maximum Entropy Method to the (2+1)d Four-Fermion Model
We investigate spectral functions extracted using the Maximum Entropy Method
from correlators measured in lattice simulations of the (2+1)-dimensional
four-fermion model. This model is particularly interesting because it has both
a chirally broken phase with a rich spectrum of mesonic bound states and a
symmetric phase where there are only resonances. In the broken phase we study
the elementary fermion, pion, sigma and massive pseudoscalar meson; our results
confirm the Goldstone nature of the pi and permit an estimate of the meson
binding energy. We have, however, seen no signal of sigma -> pi pi decay as the
chiral limit is approached. In the symmetric phase we observe a resonance of
non-zero width in qualitative agreement with analytic expectations; in addition
the ultra-violet behaviour of the spectral functions is consistent with the
large non-perturbative anomalous dimension for fermion composite operators
expected in this model.Comment: 25 pages, 13 figure
The Universlity Class of Monopole Condensation in Non-Compact, Quenched Lattice QED
Finite size scaling studies of monopole condensation in noncompact quenched
lattice indicate an authentic second order phase transition lying in the
universality class of four dimensional percolation. Since the upper critical
dimension of percolation is six, the measured critical indices are far from
mean-field values. We propose a simple set of ratios as the exact critical
indices for this transition. The implication of these results for critical
points in Abelian gauge theories are discussed.Comment: ILL-(TH)-92-6, CERN-TH.6515/92, 10 pages, no figures available as PS
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Numerical Portrait of a Relativistic Thin Film BCS Superfluid
We present results of numerical simulations of the 2+1d Nambu - Jona-Lasinio
model with a non-zero baryon chemical potential mu including the effects of a
diquark source term. Diquark condensates, susceptibilities and masses are
measured as functions of source strength j. The results suggest that diquark
condensation does not take place in the high density phase mu>mu_c, but rather
that the condensate scales non-analytically with j implying a line of critical
points and long range phase coherence. Analogies are drawn with the low
temperature phase of the 2d XY model. The spectrum of the spin-1/2 sector is
also studied yielding the quasiparticle dispersion relation. There is no
evidence for a non-zero gap; rather the results are characteristic of a normal
Fermi liquid with Fermi velocity less than that of light. We conclude that the
high density phase of the model describes a relativistic gapless thin film BCS
superfluid.Comment: 37 pages, 16 figure
Mesonic Wavefunctions in the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu model
We present results from a numerical study of bound state wavefunctions in the
(2+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu model with staggered lattice fermions at both
zero and nonzero temperature. Mesonic channels with varying quantum numbers are
identified and analysed. In the strongly coupled chirally broken phase at T=0
the wavefunctions expose effects due to varying the interaction strength more
effectively than straightforward spectroscopy. In the weakly coupled chirally
restored phase information on fermion - antifermion scattering is recovered. In
the hot chirally restored phase we find evidence for a screened interaction.
The T=0 chirally symmetric phase is most readily distinguished from the
symmetric phase at high T via the fermion dispersion relation.Comment: 18 page
The (2+1)-dimensional Gross-Neveu model with a U(1) chiral symmetry at non-zero temperature
We present results from numerical simulations of the (2+1)-dimensional
Gross-Neveu model with a U(1) chiral symmetry and N_f=4 fermion species at
non-zero temperature. We provide evidence that there are two different chirally
symmetric phases, one critical and one with finite correlation length,
separated by a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. We have also
identified a regime above the critical temperature in which the fermions
acquire a screening mass even in the absence of chiral symmetry breaking,
analogous to the pseudogap behaviour observed in cuprate superconductors.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
Numerical Portrait of a Relativistic BCS Gapped Superfluid
We present results of numerical simulations of the 3+1 dimensional Nambu -
Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model with a non-zero baryon density enforced via the
introduction of a chemical potential mu not equal to 0. The triviality of the
model with a number of dimensions d>=4 is dealt with by fitting low energy
constants, calculated analytically in the large number of colors (Hartree)
limit, to phenomenological values. Non-perturbative measurements of local order
parameters for superfluidity and their related susceptibilities show that, in
contrast to the 2+1 dimensional model, the ground-state at high chemical
potential and low temperature is that of a traditional BCS superfluid. This
conclusion is supported by the direct observation of a gap in the dispersion
relation for 0.5<=(mu a)<=0.85, which at (mu a)=0.8 is found to be roughly 15%
the size of the vacuum fermion mass. We also present results of an initial
investigation of the stability of the BCS phase against thermal fluctuations.
Finally, we discuss the effect of splitting the Fermi surfaces of the pairing
partners by the introduction of a non-zero isospin chemical potential.Comment: 41 pages, 19 figures, uses axodraw.sty, v2: minor typographical
correction
The Four-Fermi Model in Three Dimensions at Non-Zero Density and Temperature
The Four Fermi model with discrete chiral symmetry is studied in three
dimensions at non-zero chemical potential and temperature using the Hybrid
Monte Carlo algorithm. The number of fermion flavors is chosen large
to compare with analytic results. A first order chiral symmetry restoring
transition is found at zero temperature with a critical chemical potential
in good agreement with the large calculations. The critical index
of the correlation length is measured in good agreement with analytic
calculations. The two dimensional phase diagram (chemical potential vs.
temperature) is mapped out quantitatively. Finite size effects on relatively
small lattices and non-zero fermion mass effects are seen to smooth out the
chiral transition dramatically.Comment: 21 pages, sorry, no figure
QCD at non-zero temperature and density from the lattice
The study of systems as diverse as the cores of neutron stars and heavy-ion
collision experiments requires the understanding of the phase structure of QCD
at non-zero temperature, T, and chemical potential, mu_q. We review some of the
difficulties of performing lattice simulations of QCD with non-zero mu_q, and
outline the re-weighting method used to overcome this problem. This method is
used to determine the critical endpoint of QCD in the (mu_q,T) plane. We study
the pressure and quark number susceptibility at small mu_q.Comment: 5 pages, talk presented by C.R. Allton at the QCD Downunder
Conference, Barossa Valley and Adelaide, March 200
Infrared cutoff dependence of the critical flavor number in three-dimensional QED
We solve, analytically and numerically, a gap equation in parity invariant
QED_3 in the presence of an infrared cutoff \mu and derive an expression for
the critical fermion number N_c as a function of \mu. We argue that this
dependence of N_c on the infrared scale might solve the discrepancy between
continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations studies and lattice simulations of QED_3.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure (revtex4), final versio