Dirac-mode expansion of quark number density and its implications of the confinement-deconfinement transition

We investigate the quark number density at finite imaginary chemical potential by using the Dirac-mode expansion. In the large quark mass region, it is found that the quark number density can be expressed by the Polyakov loop and its conjugate in all order of the large quark mass expansion. Then, th...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2017-06
Main Authors: Doi, Takahiro M, Kashiwa, Kouji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical potential
Confinement
Density
Lattice vibration
Microstructure
Organic chemistry
Quantum chromodynamics
Quarks
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Summary:We investigate the quark number density at finite imaginary chemical potential by using the Dirac-mode expansion. In the large quark mass region, it is found that the quark number density can be expressed by the Polyakov loop and its conjugate in all order of the large quark mass expansion. Then, there are no specific Dirac-modes which dominantly contribute to the quark number density. In comparison, the small quark mass region is explored by using the quenched lattice QCD simulation. We found that the absolute value of the quark number density strongly depends on the low-lying Dirac-modes, but its sign does not. This means that the existence of the Roberge-Weiss transition which is characterized by the singular behavior of the quark number density is not sensitive to low-lying Dirac-modes. This property enables us to discuss the confinement-deconfinement transition from the behavior of the quark number density via the quark number holonomy.
ISSN:2331-8422