Quark mass thresholds in QCD thermodynamics
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- 24 April 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 73 (8), 085009
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.73.085009
Abstract
We discuss radiative corrections to how quark mass thresholds are crossed, as a function of the temperature, in basic thermodynamic observables such as the pressure, the energy and entropy densities, and the heat capacity of high temperature QCD. The indication from leading order that the charm quark plays a visible role at surprisingly low temperatures, is confirmed. We also sketch a way to obtain phenomenological estimates relevant for generic expansion rate computations at temperatures between the QCD and electroweak scales, pointing out where improvements over the current knowledge are particularly welcome.Keywords
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