Phase diagram and critical properties within an effective model of QCD: The Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model coupled to the Polyakov Loop

Symmetry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1338-1374

  Costa, Pedro ^a,b   Ruivo, Maria C ^a   de Sousa, Célia A ^a   Hansen, Hubert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Chiral symmetry; Phase transition; Restoration of symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251489077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym2031338     Document Type: Review

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