Enhancement of photon emission rate near QCD critical point

Abstract

We compute photon emission rate enhancement near the QCD critical point using an effective theory of dynamic critical phenomena and derive a universal photon spectrum. The emission rate scales similarly to conductivity, increasing with the correlation length ($\hat{I}¾$), diverging at the critical point. The spectrum exhibits $\ddot{I}‰d{N}_{\hat{I}}^3/d^{3}k\propto \ddot{I}{‰}^{-1/2}$ in the scaling regime, with the transition occurring at a frequency comparable to shear damping rate $\ddot{I}‰\sim {\hat{I}}_{\hat{I}}^3\cdot /\hat{I}{¾}^2$, reflecting the nonequilibrium properties of the near-critical liquid.

11 pages, 3figures, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D