Susceptibilities near the QCD (tri)critical point

Abstract

Based on the proper-time renormalization group approach, the scalar and the quark number susceptibilities in the vicinity of possible critical end points of the hadronic phase diagram are investigated in the two-flavor quark-meson model. After discussing the quark-mass dependence of the location of such points, the critical behavior of the in-medium meson masses and quark number density are calculated. The universality classes of the end points are determined by calculating the critical exponents of the susceptibilities. In order to numerically estimate the influence of fluctuations we compare all quantities with results from a mean-field approximation. It is concluded that the region in the phase diagram where the susceptibilities are enhanced is more compressed around the critical end point if fluctuations are included.

14 pages, 19 figures; v3 typos and minor changes, references added

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