# Finite Temperature Lattice QCD with Clover Fermions

## TL;DR

This paper presents finite temperature lattice QCD simulations using improved fermion and glue actions, comparing results with Wilson fermions to demonstrate the benefits of the improved approach.

## Contribution

It introduces simulations with ${
m O}(a)$ and ${
m O}(a^2)$ improved actions and compares their results to Wilson fermions, highlighting the improvements achieved.

## Key findings

- Improved actions reduce discretization errors.
- Enhanced agreement with continuum physics.
- Demonstrated benefits of Symanzik improvement.

## Abstract

We report on our simulation of finite temperature lattice QCD with two flavors of ${\cal O}(a)$ Symanzik-improved fermions and ${\cal O}(a^2)$ Symanzik-improved glue. Our thermodynamic simulations were performed on an $8^3 \times 4$ lattice, and we have performed complementary zero temperature simulations on an $8^3 \times 16$ lattice. We compare our results to those from simulations with two flavors of Wilson fermions and discuss the improvement resulting from use of the improved action.