23–28 Jun 2014
Columbia University
US/Eastern timezone

Scalar correlators near the 3-flavor thermal critical point

24 Jun 2014, 14:55
20m
501 NWC

501 NWC

Talk Nonzero Temperature and Density Nonzero temperature and Density

Speaker

Xiao-Yong Jin (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science)

Description

We investigate screening masses at finite temperatures with 3 flavors using the non-perturbatively improved clover fermion action and the Iwasaki gauge action. This report focuses on the behavior of the scalar singlet correlator near the thermal critical point. I will explain the technique used to extract the correlator and discuss our preliminary results from ensembles at Nt=8.

Primary author

Xiao-Yong Jin (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science)

Co-authors

Akira Ukawa (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science) Dr Shinji TAKEDA (Kanazawa University) Dr Yoshifumi Nakamura (RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science) Yoshinobu Kuramashi (Tsukuba University/CCS/RIKEN AICS)

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