Nature of the Roberge-Weiss transition end points in two-flavor lattice QCD with Wilson quarks

TL;DR

This study uses lattice QCD simulations with Wilson fermions to analyze the nature of Roberge-Weiss transition end points, finding they are of first order across various parameters.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the order of Roberge-Weiss transition end points in two-flavor lattice QCD with Wilson quarks, using extensive numerical simulations.

Findings

RW end points are of first order at tested $ppa$ values.

Simulations employed Binder cumulants and susceptibilities.

Results contribute to understanding phase transitions in lattice QCD.

Abstract

We make simulations with 2 flavor Wilson fermions to investigate the nature of the end points of Roberge-Weiss (RW) first order phase transition lines. The simulations are carried out at 9 values of the hopping parameter $\kappa$ ranging from 0.155 to 0.198 on different lattice spatial volume. The Binder cumulants, susceptibilities and reweighted distributions of the imaginary part of Polyakov loop are employed to determine the nature of the end points of RW transition lines. The simulations show that the RW end points are of first order at the values of $\kappa$ in our simulations.