https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2009-10825-3
Review
QCD thermodynamics from the lattice
1
Physics Department, University of Utah, 84112-0830, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2
American Physical Society, One Research Road, 11961, Ridge, NY, USA
* e-mail: detar@physics.utah.edu
Received:
11
May
2009
Accepted:
8
June
2009
Published online:
19
July
2009
We review the current methods and results of lattice simulations of quantum chromodynamics at nonzero temperatures and densities. The review is intended to introduce the subject to interested nonspecialists and beginners. It includes a brief overview of lattice gauge theory, a discussion of the determination of the crossover temperature, the QCD phase diagram at zero and nonzero densities, the equation of state, some in-medium properties of hadrons including charmonium, and some plasma transport coefficients.
PACS: 12.38.Gc Lattice QCD calculations – / 12.38.Mh Quark-gluon plasma – / 21.65.Qr Quark matter – / 25.75.Nq Quark deconfinement, quark-gluon plasma production, and phase transitions –
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