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New critical point for QCD in a magnetic field

Thomas D. Cohen and Naoki Yamamoto

  • Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA

Phys. Rev. D 89, 054029 – Published 24 March, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054029

Abstract

We provide a general argument for the possible existence of a new critical point associated with a deconfinement phase transition in QCD at finite temperature T and in a magnetic field B with zero chemical potential. This is the first example of a QCD critical point in a physical external parameter region that can be studied using lattice QCD simulations without suffering from a sign problem.

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