Quark mass effects in quark number susceptibilities

Abstract

The quark degrees of freedom of the QGP with special focus on mass effects are investigated. A next-to-leading-order perturbation theory approach with quark mass dependence is applied and compared to lattice QCD results.

4 pages, 1 figure, Contribution to the proceedings of Hot Quarks 2016 conference at South Padre Island, TX, USA

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