Towards the N_f=2 deconfinement transition temperature with O(a) improved Wilson fermions

Abstract

A lot of effort in lattice simulations over the last years has been devoted to studies of the QCD deconfinement transition. Most state-of-the-art simulations use rooted staggered fermions, while Wilson fermions are affected by large systematic uncertainties, such as coarse lattices or heavy sea quarks. Here we report on an ongoing study of the transition, using two degenerate flavours of nonperturbatively $\Ord(a)$ improved Wilson fermions. We start with $N_t=12$ and 16 lattices and pion masses of 600 to 450 MeV, aiming at chiral and continuum limits with light quarks.

arXiv commentTalk given at the XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Villasimius, Italy, June 14-19, 2010

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