Properties of quark gluon plasma from lattice calculations

TL;DR

This paper reviews lattice QCD calculations of the quark-gluon plasma, focusing on properties like transition temperature, equation of state, screening lengths, and quarkonium spectral functions, highlighting the role of weak coupling and non-perturbative effects.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of lattice QCD results on quark-gluon plasma properties at finite temperature, emphasizing the transition temperature and the applicability of weak coupling methods.

Findings

Properties above 2Tc can be described by weak coupling approaches

Non-perturbative effects from static magnetic fields are significant in some quantities

Lattice data informs understanding of the quark-gluon plasma's behavior

Abstract

I discuss lattice QCD calculations of the properties of strongly interacting matter at finite temperature, including the determination of the transition temperature Tc, equation of state, different static screening lengths and quarkonium spectral functions. The lattice data suggest that at temperatures above 2Tc many properties of the quark gluon plasma can be understood using weak coupling approach, although non-perturbative effects due to static magnetic fields are significant in some quantities.