Aarts, Gert and Allton, Chris and Hands, Simon and Jager, Benjamin and Praki, Chrisanthi and Skullerud, Jon-Ivar (2015) Nucleons and parity doubling across the deconfinement transition. Physical Review D, 92 (014503). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

It is expected that nucleons and their parity partners become degenerate when chiral symmetry is restored. We investigate this question in the context of the thermal transition from the hadronic phase to the quark-gluon plasma, using lattice QCD simulations with Nf ¼ 2 þ 1 flavors. We observe a clear sign of parity doubling in the quark-gluon plasma. Besides, we find that the nucleon ground state is, within the uncertainty, largely independent of the temperature, whereas temperature effects are substantial in the negative-parity (N*) channel, already in the confined phase.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Nucleons; parity doubling; deconfinement transition; quark-gluon plasma;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematical Physics
Item ID:	6293
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.014503
Depositing User:	Dr. Jonivar Skullerud
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2015 15:43
Journal or Publication Title:	Physical Review D
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Refereed:	Yes
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