Quenched QCD at finite density

Abstract

Simulations of quenched $QCD$ at relatively small but {\it nonzero} chemical potential $\mu$ on $32\times 16^3$ lattices indicate that the nucleon screening mass decreases linearly as $\mu$ increases predicting a critical chemical potential of one third the nucleon mass, $m_N/3$, by extrapolation. The meson spectrum does not change as $\mu$ increases over the same range, from zero to $m_{\pi }/2$. Past studies of quenched lattice QCD have suggested that there is phase transition at $\mu =m_{\pi }/2$. We provide alternative explanations for these results, and find a number of technical reasons why standard lattice simulation techniques suffer from greatly enhanced fluctuations and finite size effects for $\mu$ ranging from $m_{\pi }/2$ to $m_N/3$. We find evidence for such problems in our simulations, and suggest that they can be surmounted by improved measurement techniques.

23 pages, Revtex

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