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Chiral symmetry restoration and the critical end point in QCD

  • Jose Rubén Morones-Ibarra EMAIL logo , Armando Enriquez-Perez-Gavilan , Abraham Israel Hernández Rodriguez , Francisco Vicente Flores-Baez , Nallaly Berenice Mata-Carrizalez and Enrique Valbuena Ordoñez
Published/Copyright: December 29, 2017

Abstract

In a system of quark matter we study the chiral phase transition, the behavior of the chiral and quark number susceptibility and the CEP at finite temperature and chemical potential. This is done within the framework of two-flavor Nambu and Jona-Lasinio model. We have calculated the chiral quark condensate and the quark number density and, with this, we have found the phase transition type. With these quantities we have determined the phase diagram for QCD and the CEP.

1 Introduction

One of the main purposes of the experiments of relativistic heavy-ion collisions at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is the observation of restoration of chiral symmetry at finite temperature and at finite density [1, 2]. This has led to an increasing interest in the study of strongly interacting matter subject to extreme conditions of temperature and density [3, 4]. In this work we study the structure of the chiral phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in order to determine the critical end point (CEP) and to describe the behavior of the quark condensate and the chiral and quark number susceptibilities.

Strongly interacting particles is one of the contemporary research topics in theoretical and experimental physics, due in part to the possibility of conducting experiments in order to test the theoretical results obtained from different models [5, 6]. Several experiments currently in progress at the RHIC and LHC [7, 8] stimulate the interest in this subject.

QCD is generally accepted to be the fundamental theory that describes strong interactions [9, 10]. In the limit of massless quarks, the chiral symmetry determines the characteristics of the phase diagram of QCD [11, 12]. One of the most important features of QCD is the spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking (SCSB) [13, 14]. Through the SCSB we analyze the behavior of the quark condensate as a function of the temperature (T) and the chemical potential (μ) in order to determine the phase diagram in the T-μ plane.

The most powerful tool to study the QCD phase diagram at finite temperature is the lattice QCD simulation [15, 16]. With this technique it is possible to analyze the QCD phase diagram of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions of density and temperature [6, 11]. One of the limitations of this method is the sign problem, that is, the Pauli blocking, due to the fact that the lattice simulation fails to apply for finite chemical potential [13].

The usual way to study the (partial) restoration of chiral symmetry in QCD is considering a system of quarks described by an effective theory model [17]. In this paper we follow the Nambu and Jona-lasinio (NJL) model applied to quarks as degrees of freedom at finite temperature and at finite chemical potential.

The study of phase transition in QCD requires the definition of order parameters. These order parameters are related with the two main characteristics of the QCD: the chiral symmetry breaking and confinement. The order parameter related to the chiral symmetry is the quark condensate, where 〈qq〉 = 0 for the chiral symmetric phase and 〈qq〉 ≠ 0 for the phase where the chiral symmetry has been broken. With regard to confinement, we find two different phases: the hadronic matter phase, which is observed at low temperatures and densities, and the quark-gluon plasma state, which occurs at high temperatures and/or densities [13, 16].

It is necessary to understand the properties of the QCD vacuum in order to study these phases [18, 19]. The QCD ground state is characterized by the quark condensate [20], which is the consequence of the SCSB.

In the present work we study the chiral phase, particularly the CEP, which is the point where a change in the nature of the phase transition occurs. Following the critical line in the QCD phase diagram from high to low temperature, at first a second order phase transition is present at the chiral limit (crossover occurs instead for a bare mass m > 0). We find the point (CEP) in the critical line, from which a first-order phase transition occurs.

We investigate the quark number susceptibility in order to locate the CEP in a system of quarks at finite temperature and chemical potential. Once the position of the CEP is found, there is enough information to determine the phase transition type present under specific conditions of T and μ [21, 22].

The most important contribution of this work is the determination of the location of the CEP in the T-μ plane through the use of the scalar (chiral) susceptibility and the quark number susceptibility. The criterion to judge the phase transition type is determined through the analysis of the scalar and quark number susceptibilities.

A discontinuity in the effective quark mass (as a function of T and μ) at the phase transition (the critical line in the QCD phase diagram) indicates that a first order phase transition takes place. On the other hand, a continuous behavior of the effective mass at the critical line of the phase diagram indicates that a second order phase transition (in the chiral limit) or a crossover (for m > 0) occurs. The values of T and μ in the phase diagram where a crossover, a first order phase transition or a second order phase transition takes place, can be obtained by studying the divergence in the susceptibilities [23].

2 Formalism

In 1961, the NJL model was originally developed for the study of interacting nucleons [17]. This is a pioneer chiral model for massless fermions where these particles acquire mass through the spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking. Initially, it consisted of an isospin-doublet built of nucleons, and later it was extended to describe the interaction between quarks as degrees of freedom [24]. In this work, we apply the NJL model to study the chiral dynamical behavior of a system consisting of two kind of light quarks at finite temperature and chemical potential. Our starting point for this investigation is the Lagrangian density [25], which is invariant under global chiral SUL(2) ⊗ SUR(2) rotations at the massless limit, and is given by

LNJL=ψ¯(im^)ψ+g(ψ¯ψ)2+(ψ¯iγ5τaψ)2(2.1)

where the column vector ψ = (u, d) represents the quark fields with Nf flavors and Nc colors, is the bare quark mass matrix = diag(mu, md), g is the effective coupling constant and τa are the Pauli matrices. We set m = mu = md in this paper.

According to the Fierz transformation, which formulates how the direct and exchange terms are related to each other, the part of the Lagrangian, equation (2.1), which contains the four-point interaction terms (LIF) is equivalent to [6, 20]

LIF=g8Nc[2(ψ¯ψ)2+2(ψ¯iγ5τaψ)22(ψ¯τaψ)22(ψ¯iγ5ψ)24(ψ¯γμψ)24(ψ¯iγμγ5ψ)2+(ψ¯σμνψ)2(ψ¯σμντaψ)2](2.2)

and it leads to the following Lagrangian [26]

L=ψ¯(im)ψ+μ^ψ¯γ0ψ+Gs(ψ¯ψ)2Gv(ψ¯γμψ)2(2.3)

where Gs = 1+14Ncg and Gv = g/2Nc are the scalar and vector couplings, respectively and μˆ is the chemical potential matrix μˆ = diag(μu, μd). We consider here only the scalar-scalar channel. A term has been introduced in the Hamiltonian density (ℋ) connected via a Legendre transformation to Lagrangian density, equation (2.1), ℋ → ℋ – μˆ 𝒩, where 𝒩 = ψγ0ψ = ψψ is the quark number density operator. Only the simple physical case μ = μu = μd is considered in this paper.

The NJL model is non-renormalizable due to the four-point interaction and therefore a certain regularization scheme is required to isolate divergences. We work in the 3D cut-off scheme, introducing the cut-off scale, a usual parameter in effective non-renormalizable models [27].

Using the mean-field approximation [3]

(ψ¯Γψ)22ψ¯Γψψ¯Γψψ¯Γψ2(2.4)

where Γ can be any one of the 4×4 matrices such as I, γ5, γμ, γ5γμ, we we take 〈ψψ〉 and 〈ψγ0〉 as mean fields in the vacuum at finite temperature and density. After this, the Lagrangian in equation (2.3), is simplified to

LMF=ψ¯(iM+μrγ0)ψ(Mm)24Gs+(μμr)24Gv(2.5)

where M is the effective quark mass defined as

M=m2Gsψ¯ψ(2.6)

and μr is the renormalized quark chemical potential

μr=μ2Gvψψ(2.7)

The equation (2.6) is the well-known NJL gap equation for the dynamical fermion mass M which is related to the quark condensate. The scalar density may be expressed in terms of the quark propagator as

ψ¯ψ=iTrS(0)=iTrd4p(2π)4p+Mp2M2(2.8)

Similarly, the quark number density is given by

ψψ=iTrd4p(2π)4γ0(p+M)p2M2(2.9)

where the symbol Tr stands for the trace over color-, flavor- and Dirac-indices. In order to describe the system at non vanishing temperature T and chemical potential μ, momentum integrals are carried out in the imaginary time formalism

id4p(2π)4f(p0,p)Tn=+d3p(2π)3f(iωn+μr,p)(2.10)

The quark propagator is then defined at discrete imaginary energies n + μr, where ωn = (2n+1)πT, are the Matsubara frequencies for fermions. After performing the Matsubara sums, integrating over angular components in equations (2.8) and (2.9), and substituting into equations (2.6) and (2.7), respectively, we obtain

M(T,μ)=m+2GsNfNcπ20Λp2dpME1f+f(2.11)
μr(T,μ)=μ+GvNfNcπ20Λp2dpf+f(2.12)

with

f±(T,μr)=1e(E±μr)/T+1(2.13)

where E=p2+M2 is the quark energy, f± are the Fermi occupation number of quarks (+) and anti-quark (–) and Λ is a momentum cut-off.

The scalar and the quark number susceptibilities are of particular interest in this work. It is known that variations of conserved charges are susceptible evidences of the thermal state of the medium as well as its critical behavior. The scalar susceptibility χs=Mm, is generally defined as the response of the constituent quark mass to changes of the bare quark mass [22]. It is related to the order parameter 〈qq〉 by

χs=112GsNcNfπ2M0Λp2dpME1f(+)f()(2.14)

In order to measure the first order response of quark number density to a change of the quark chemical potential, we consider the quark number susceptibility χq [28, 29], which is defined as

χq=ψψμr(2.15)

From this information and the divergences present in the susceptibilities, we determine the location and characteristics of the chiral phase transition for a system of quarks with parameters T and μ. Then, we obtain the phase diagram for the constituent quark mass M, as well as the critical behavior and the position of the CEP.

3 Results

The results for the effective quark mass as a function of temperature and chemical potential, from the gap equation (2.6) were obtained for m = 0 and m = 3.5 MeV. These particular values were chosen because of their relevance in the expected results. The chiral limit is considered for m = 0 MeV, which leads to the total restoration of the chiral symmetry and to a second order phase transition for T > TCEP at the critical line in the phase diagram. In contrast, for a finite quark bare mass, the results yield a partial restoration of the chiral symmetry and to a crossover between phases for T > TCEP at the critical line. This can be observed in Figure 1, where only for a finite m, the effective mass, M, is greater than 0 above the critical temperature. The value for m = 3.5 MeV was selected in order to represent the light u and d quarks behavior, since the approximation m = mu = md was considered in this paper.

Figure 1 The upper figure shows the T-μ phase diagram for the cases of chiral limit and m = 3.5 MeV. The red points indicate the TCP and the CEP respectively. The lower figure represents the effective quark mass vs temperature at μ=0 with m = 0 and for the case of nonzero m = 3.5 MeV.
Figure 1

The upper figure shows the T-μ phase diagram for the cases of chiral limit and m = 3.5 MeV. The red points indicate the TCP and the CEP respectively. The lower figure represents the effective quark mass vs temperature at μ=0 with m = 0 and for the case of nonzero m = 3.5 MeV.

As commented in Section 2, since the NJL model is perturbatively nonrenormalizable, a regularization scheme must be selected in order to regulate the divergent quantities. Regularization must take into account the physically expected properties and maintain the symmetries considered in the model. For the NJL model, from the minimization of the total energy, the gap equation must be obtained, and the appearance of a Goldstone boson, due to symmetry requirements, needs to be considered [20]. The scheme selected in this study was the 3D cut-off scheme (through the use of imaginary time formalism). Within this scheme, the NJL model requires 2 parameters to be determined: the coupling strength, Gs, and the momentum cut-off value, Λ. These parameters are ordinarily set by selecting physical quantities (namely, the constant pion decay fπ and the quark condensate density, 〈ψψ〉, whose values have been measured experimentally) in the QCD vacuum. By solving the gap equation, considering the values fπ = 93 MeV and 〈ψψ〉 = –(250 MeV)3, the parameters Gs and Λ can be obtained. For the 3D cut-off scheme, the parameter values considered were Λ = 0.653 [GeV] and GsΛ2 = 2.14 [20].

From the results obtained for the effective quark mass in each case, the chiral (scalar) susceptibility and quark number susceptibility were also computed. Finally, from these results, the quark phase diagram, critical temperature (Tc), critical chemical potential (μc) and the CEP were obtained for the two values considered for the bare masses. The numerical solutions were obtained using Matlab 2015a©. The results obtained are shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Results obtained for different bare masses (data shown in [GeV])

mMTcμcTCEPμCEP
0.00000.31290.18990.33800.07150.2877
0.00350.32280.20340.34360.04690.3212

In the upper panel of Figure 1, we plot the phase diagram of QCD for the two-flavor NJL model in the T-μ plane for the cases of m = 0 and m = 3.5 MeV. For the chiral limit, the critical temperature is found to be Tc ≈ 190 MeV and the critical chemical potential μc ≈ 338 MeV, and for m = 3.5 MeV, Tc ≈ 203 MeV and μc ≈ 343 MeV. Figure 1 also displays the location of the tri-critical point (TCP), at TTCP = 71.5 MeV and μTCP = 287.7 MeV, and the CEP, at TCEP = 46.9 MeV and μCEP = 321.2 MeV. The behavior of the effective quark mass as a function of temperature at μ = 0 for m = 0 and $m$ = 3.5 MeV is presented in the lower panel of Figure 1. The effective quark mass presents small variations for the lower values of temperature, with an increasing rate of change as the temperature increases, until the effective mass value drops to 0 (at Tc in the chiral limit and asymptotically for m > 0)

As indicated in Section 2, the chiral susceptibility χs is the response of the effective quark mass to the changes of the bare mass. The results for χs are displayed in Figure 2, where it is observed that χs is divergent only in the TCP (in the chiral limit) or the CEP (for massive quarks), and is finite elsewhere. In the upper panel (chiral limit), it is found that for T < TTCP, χs is discontinuous and, for T > TTCP, χs is continuous at the transition chemical potential, indicating the existence of a first-order phase transition for T < TTCP and the existence of a second-order phase transition for T > TTCP. In the lower panel, it is found that for T > TCEP, χs is a smooth continuous function at the transition chemical potential, indicating the existence of a crossover region for T > TCEP. The CEP reported in this paper was obtained from the analysis of the chiral susceptibility.

Figure 2 Scalar susceptibility χs as a function of μ. Upper panel: in the chiral limit for three different temperatures around to the TCP; Lower panel: with m = 3.5 MeV for three different temperatures around to the CEP.
Figure 2

Scalar susceptibility χs as a function of μ. Upper panel: in the chiral limit for three different temperatures around to the TCP; Lower panel: with m = 3.5 MeV for three different temperatures around to the CEP.

In Figure 3 (upper panel) the quark number susceptibility is presented as a function of the chemical potential for m = 0 and T > TCEP (91.6 MeV), T = TCEP (71.5 MeV), and T < TCEP (51.4 MeV). Also Figure 3 (lower panel) shows the quark number susceptibility as a function of the chemical potential for m = 3.5 MeV and T > TCEP (67 MeV), T = TCEP (46.9 MeV), and T < TCEP (26.8 MeV).

Figure 3 Upper panel: Quark number susceptibility χq as a function of μ in the chiral limit for different temperatures around to the TCP. Lower panel: Quark number susceptibility χq as a function of μ with m = 3.5 MeV for different temperatures around to the CEP.
Figure 3

Upper panel: Quark number susceptibility χq as a function of μ in the chiral limit for different temperatures around to the TCP. Lower panel: Quark number susceptibility χq as a function of μ with m = 3.5 MeV for different temperatures around to the CEP.

4 Discussion

Chiral and quark number susceptibilities are important phenomenological observables which hold information about the changes in the quark chemical potential [30, 31]. In this work we have solved the gap equation for the quark propagator and we have used the chiral susceptibility to analyze the solution of the gap equation. With this tool we have classified the order of the phase transitions. In the Tμ plane, we observe that for μ=0, there is a second order chiral phase transition at a temperature T=Tc. This second order phase transition is consistent with the lattice QCD simulations and several QCD models [15, 16]. On the other hand, for T=0, we observe that the chiral symmetry restoration, which occurs at a finite chemical potential μ=μc, is a transition of first order. This result is also consistent with that obtained in different models of QCD [23, 32, 33].

Both the scalar susceptibility and quark susceptibility exhibit a divergence at the CEP. The CEP was obtained through the analysis of the behavior of these susceptibilities. We have found that the CEP over the critical line that separates both types of transitions is located at ≈ (46.9,321.2) MeV, as shown in Table 1.

We also observe that, as the quark bare mass is increased, the values of μc and Tc are shifted to higher values, while the CEP is shifted to higher values of μ and lower values of T.

Finally, we compare the results obtained with that of previous works.

The work presented by Y Lu et al. [6] also follows the NJL model and study the behavior of the susceptibilities in order to determine the TCP (at the chiral limit) and the CEP (for the massive quark). In [6], for the massless quark, the values TTCP ≈ 73 MeV and μTCP ≈ 300 MeV are reported. These results show resemblance to the ones teported in Table 1. For the massive quark, the values TCEP ≈ 32 MeV and μTCP ≈ 347 MeV.

The difference with the results obtained for a massive quark lies mainly in the value selected for the quark bare mass. We selected a value of m = 3.5 MeV, while in [6] the value m = 5.5 MeV was used in the analysis. We observe, however, that the CEP reported in [6] is shifted to higher values of μ and lower values of T with respect to the values we report, which is consistent with the behavior observed in the results we have obtained. Another difference present when both studies are compared is the values selected for the momentum cut-off and the coupling strength. We have taken the values reported by [20], while in [6] the parameter values are obtained from [34]. In [35], for instance, different values are reported for m = 5.0 MeV.

The work presented by Y Zhao, L Chang, W Yuan and Y-X Liu [29] follows as well the NJL model and the 3D cut-off scheme; this work studies the phase transition of the quark with respect to μ, setting T = 0. In this work, the critical chemical potential is reported to be μc = 368 MeV for the chiral limit and μc = 385 MeV for m = 5.6 MeV.

For the massive quark, the differences in the μc with respect to the results we report are, in part, due to the value selected for the bare mass. Since the quark bare mass considered in [29] is greater than the one we have chosen, and the value of μc reported in [29] is shifted to a higher value with respect to the one we acquired, the results show consistency. In [29], the parameter values are reported to be Λ = 588 MeV and GsΛ2 = 2.44. This explains the difference observed in μc for the massless quark.

We observe that the values for the parameters in the NJL model depend on the value chosen for the quark bare mass; therefore considering these parameters as constants is an approximation useful only for small variations in m. Future work in this subject will include the study of the variation of the coupling strength and the momentum cut-off with respect to the quark bare mass.

5 Conclusions

By using the NJL model in the SU(2) version at finite temperature and chemical potential we have studied the QCD chiral phase diagram in the Tμ plane. We have found a second order chiral phase transition (at the chiral limit) and a crossover (for m > 0), which persists for increasing values of the chemical potential, up to a CEP, after which the chiral transition becomes of first order. The values of CEP are shown above in Table 1.

Acknowledgement

A. Hernandez gratefully acknowledges scholarship support from the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) under contract No. 290817-UANL. Also F. Flores acknowledges SNI (Conacyt).

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Received: 2017-6-20
Accepted: 2017-11-10
Published Online: 2017-12-29

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