The two-equation-of-state model is used to describe the hadron-quark phase transition in asymmetric matter formed at high density in heavy-ion collisions. For the quark phase, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio effective theory is used to investigate the influence of dynamical quark mass effects on the phase transition. At variance to the MIT-Bag results, with fixed-current quark masses, the main important effect of the chiral dynamics is the appearance of an end point for the coexistence zone. We show that a first-order hadron-quark phase transition may take place in the region T subset of (50-80) MeV and rho(B) subset of (2-4)rho(0), which is possible to be probed in the new planned facilities, such as FAIR at GSI-Darmstadt and NICA at JINR-Dubna. From the isospin properties of the mixed phase, some possible signals are suggested. The importance of chiral symmetry and dynamical quark mass on the hadron-quark phase transition is stressed. The difficulty of an exact location of a critical end point comes from its appearance in a region of competition between chiral symmetry breaking and confinement, where our knowledge of effective QCD theories is still rather uncertain.

The two-equation-of-state model is used to describe the hadron-quark phase transition in asymmetric matter formed at high density in heavy-ion collisions. For the quark phase, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio effective theory is used to investigate the influence of dynamical quark mass effects on the phase transition. At variance to the MIT-Bag results, with fixed-current quark masses, the main important effect of the chiral dynamics is the appearance of an end point for the coexistence zone. We show that a first-order hadron-quark phase transition may take place in the region T subset of (50-80) MeV and rho(B) subset of (2-4)rho(0), which is possible to be probed in the new planned facilities, such as FAIR at GSI-Darmstadt and NICA at JINR-Dubna. From the isospin properties of the mixed phase, some possible signals are suggested. The importance of chiral symmetry and dynamical quark mass on the hadron-quark phase transition is stressed. The difficulty of an exact location of a critical end point comes from its appearance in a region of competition between chiral symmetry breaking and confinement, where our knowledge of effective QCD theories is still rather uncertain.

Hadron-quark phase transition in asymmetric matter with dynamical quark masses

GRECO, VINCENZO;PLUMARI, SALVATORE
2011-01-01

Abstract

The two-equation-of-state model is used to describe the hadron-quark phase transition in asymmetric matter formed at high density in heavy-ion collisions. For the quark phase, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio effective theory is used to investigate the influence of dynamical quark mass effects on the phase transition. At variance to the MIT-Bag results, with fixed-current quark masses, the main important effect of the chiral dynamics is the appearance of an end point for the coexistence zone. We show that a first-order hadron-quark phase transition may take place in the region T subset of (50-80) MeV and rho(B) subset of (2-4)rho(0), which is possible to be probed in the new planned facilities, such as FAIR at GSI-Darmstadt and NICA at JINR-Dubna. From the isospin properties of the mixed phase, some possible signals are suggested. The importance of chiral symmetry and dynamical quark mass on the hadron-quark phase transition is stressed. The difficulty of an exact location of a critical end point comes from its appearance in a region of competition between chiral symmetry breaking and confinement, where our knowledge of effective QCD theories is still rather uncertain.
2011
The two-equation-of-state model is used to describe the hadron-quark phase transition in asymmetric matter formed at high density in heavy-ion collisions. For the quark phase, the three-flavor Nambu-Jona-Lasinio effective theory is used to investigate the influence of dynamical quark mass effects on the phase transition. At variance to the MIT-Bag results, with fixed-current quark masses, the main important effect of the chiral dynamics is the appearance of an end point for the coexistence zone. We show that a first-order hadron-quark phase transition may take place in the region T subset of (50-80) MeV and rho(B) subset of (2-4)rho(0), which is possible to be probed in the new planned facilities, such as FAIR at GSI-Darmstadt and NICA at JINR-Dubna. From the isospin properties of the mixed phase, some possible signals are suggested. The importance of chiral symmetry and dynamical quark mass on the hadron-quark phase transition is stressed. The difficulty of an exact location of a critical end point comes from its appearance in a region of competition between chiral symmetry breaking and confinement, where our knowledge of effective QCD theories is still rather uncertain.
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