Universal and non-universal finite-volume effects in the vicinity of chiral phase transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD

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Hauptverfasser: Mitra, Sabarnya, Goswami, Jishnu, Karsch, Frithjof
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author Mitra, Sabarnya
Goswami, Jishnu
Karsch, Frithjof
author_facet Mitra, Sabarnya
Goswami, Jishnu
Karsch, Frithjof
contents In this proceeding, we discuss the finite-size scaling analysis of the order parameter related to the chiral phase transition in QCD with two massless quarks. We use data obtained in lattice QCD calculations performed with highly improved staggered quarks (HISQ) for a range of light quark masses, $1/240 \leq m_\ell/m_s \leq 1/27$ for different spatial volumes ($N_σ$) on Euclidean lattices with temporal extent $N_τ=8$, satisfying $3\,N_τ\leq N_σ\leq 10\,N_τ$. We observe that infinite volume extrapolated data for the order parameter agree reasonably well with the expected $O(2)$ scaling behavior even for physical ratios of the light-to-strange quark mass ratio. We quantify deviations from asymptotic scaling and perform a detailed analysis of the influence of finite-size effects in terms of temperature and quark masses at a fixed lattice cutoff. This is crucial for improving the reliability of the infinite-volume extrapolated estimate of the chiral order parameter and for a more precise determination of chiral phase transition temperature from direct Lattice QCD simulations.
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spellingShingle Universal and non-universal finite-volume effects in the vicinity of chiral phase transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD
Mitra, Sabarnya
Goswami, Jishnu
Karsch, Frithjof
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
In this proceeding, we discuss the finite-size scaling analysis of the order parameter related to the chiral phase transition in QCD with two massless quarks. We use data obtained in lattice QCD calculations performed with highly improved staggered quarks (HISQ) for a range of light quark masses, $1/240 \leq m_\ell/m_s \leq 1/27$ for different spatial volumes ($N_σ$) on Euclidean lattices with temporal extent $N_τ=8$, satisfying $3\,N_τ\leq N_σ\leq 10\,N_τ$. We observe that infinite volume extrapolated data for the order parameter agree reasonably well with the expected $O(2)$ scaling behavior even for physical ratios of the light-to-strange quark mass ratio. We quantify deviations from asymptotic scaling and perform a detailed analysis of the influence of finite-size effects in terms of temperature and quark masses at a fixed lattice cutoff. This is crucial for improving the reliability of the infinite-volume extrapolated estimate of the chiral order parameter and for a more precise determination of chiral phase transition temperature from direct Lattice QCD simulations.
title Universal and non-universal finite-volume effects in the vicinity of chiral phase transition in (2+1)-flavor QCD
topic High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23118