Comparison between the continuum threshold and the Polyakov loop as deconfinement order parameters

MARCELO LOEWE; JUAN PABLO CARLOMAGNO

PHYSICAL REVIEW D

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2017 vol. 95

1550-7998

We study the relation between the continuum threshold $s_0$ within finite energy sum rules and the trace of the Polyakov loop $Phi$ in the framework of a nonlocal SU(2) chiral quark model, establishing a contact between both deconfinement order parameters at finite temperature $T$ and chemical potential $mu$. In our analysis, we also include the order parameter for the chiral symmetry restoration, the chiral quark condensate. We found that $s_0$ and $Phi$ provide us with the same information for the deconfinement transition, both for the zero and finite chemical potential cases. At zero density, the critical temperatures for both quantities coincide exactly and, at finite $mu$ both order parameters provide evidence for the appearance of a quarkyonic hase.