Lattice Results for the QCD Phase Transition
Tereza Mendes
TL;DR
This paper reviews recent lattice QCD simulations of the finite-temperature phase transition, focusing on two light-quark flavors, and discusses the unresolved question of the transition's order and its potential cosmological implications.
Contribution
It provides an overview of recent numerical results on the QCD phase transition, highlighting the uncertainty regarding its order for two light-quark flavors.
Findings
Transition order remains undetermined
Simulation results focus on two degenerate light quarks
Implications for cosmology are considered
Abstract
We discuss recent results for the phase transition in finite-temperature QCD from numerical (Monte Carlo) simulations of the lattice-regularized theory. Emphasis is given to the case of two degenerate light-quark flavors. The order of the transition in this case, which could have cosmological implications, has not yet been established.
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