%0 Journal Article
%T Phase Diagram and Critical Properties within an Effective Model of QCD: The Nambu¨CJona-Lasinio Model Coupled to the Polyakov Loop
%A Pedro Costa
%A Maria C. Ruivo
%A C¨¦lia A. De Sousa
%A Hubert Hansen
%J Symmetry
%D 2010
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/sym2031338
%X We investigate the phase diagram of the so-called Polyakov¨CNambu¨CJona-Lasinio model at finite temperature and non-zero chemical potential with three quark flavors. Chiral and deconfinement phase transitions are discussed and the relevant order-like parameters are analyzed. The results are compared with simple thermodynamic expectations and lattice data. We present the phase diagram in the (T, ¦ĚB) plane, paying special attention to the critical end point: as the strength of the flavor-mixing interaction becomes weaker, the critical end point moves to low temperatures and can even disappear.
%K chiral symmetry
%K phase transition
%K restoration of symmetry
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/2/3/1338