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Published on: November 15, 2013
Critical exponents of the Quark-Gluon bags model with a critical endpoint
A I Ivanytskyi1, K A Bugaev, A S Sorin
1Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Metrologichna str 14b, Kiev-03680, Ukraine.
Abstract:
The critical indices α', β, γ', and δ of the Quark Gluon Bags with Surface Tension Model that has a critical endpoint are calculated and compared with the exponents of other models. These indices are expressed in terms of the most general parameters of the model. Despite the usual expectations the found critical indices do not depend on the Fisher exponent τ and on the parameter [symbol: see text] which relates the mean bag surface to its volume. The scaling relations for the obtained critical exponents are verified, and it is demonstrated that for the standard definition of the index α' the Fisher and the Griffiths scaling inequalities are not fulfilled in general case, whereas the Liberman scaling inequality is always obeyed. This is not surprising for the phase diagram with the asymmetric properties of pure phases, but the present model also provides us with the first and explicit example that the specially defined index α'(s) does not recover the scaling relations as well. Therefore, here we suggest the physically motivated definition of the index α' = α'(c) and demonstrate that such a definition recovers the Fisher scaling inequality, while it is shown that the Griffiths inequality should be generalized for the phase diagram with the asymmetric properties. The critical exponents of several systems that belong to different universality classes are successfully described by the parameters of the present model, and hence its equation of state can be used for a variety of practical applications.
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