53 citations · 96 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
hep-ph2012★ 10 cited
Deconfinement vs. chiral symmetry and higher representation matter
T. Kähärä, M. Ruggieri, K. Tuominen
The interplay of deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration are considered in terms of effective theories. We generalize the earlier model studies by considering fermions in hig…
hep-ph2010★ 33 cited
Effective models of two-flavor QCD: finite and -dependence
Topi Kahara, Kimmo Tuominen
We study effective models of chiral fields and Polyakov loop expected to describe the dynamics responsible for the phase structure of two-flavor QCD at finite temperature and densi…
hep-ph2008★ 53 cited
Degrees of freedom and the phase transitions of two flavor QCD
T. Kahara, K. Tuominen
We study two effective models for QCD, the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio -model and the linear sigma model extended by including a Polyakov loop potential, which is fitted to reproduce pure g…