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K. A. Bugaev

Publications and source records attributed to K. A. Bugaev.

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arXiv2011

Physics around the QCD (tri)critical endpoint and new challenges for femtoscopy

On the basis of exactly solvable models with the tricritical and critical endpoints I discuss the physical mechanism of endpoints formation which is similar to the usual liquids. It is demonstrated that the necessary condition for the transformation of the 1-st order deconfinement phase transition into the 2-nd order phase transition at the (tri)critical endpoint is the vanishing of surface tension coefficient of large/heavy QGP bags. Using the novel model of the confinement phenomenon I argue that the physical reason for the cross-over appearance at low baryonic densities is the negative value of QGP bag surface tension coefficient. This implies the existence of highly non-spherical or, probably, even fractal surfaces of large and heavy bags at and above the cross-over, which, perhaps, can be observed via some correlations. The model with the tricritical endpoint predicts that at the deconfinement transition line the volume (mass) distribution of large (heavy) QGP bags acquires the power law form at the endpoint only, while in the model with the critical endpoint such a power law exists inside the mixed phase. The role of finite width of QGP bags is also discussed.

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arXiv2010

Asymptotic Regge Trajectories of Non-strange Mesons

We analyze the asymptotic behavior of Regge trajectories of non-strange mesons. In contrast to an existing belief, it is demonstrated that for the asymptotically linear Regge trajectories the width of heavy hadrons cannot linearly depend on their mass. Using the data on masses and widths of rho_J, omega_J, a_J and f_J mesons for the spin values J \leq 6, we extract the parameters of the asymptotically linear Regge trajectory predicted by the finite width model of quark gluon bags. As it is shown the obtained parameters for the data set B correspond to the cross-over temperature lying in the interval 170.9-175.3 MeV which is consistent with the kinetic freeze-out temperature of early hadronizing particles found in relativistic heavy ion collisions at and above the highest SPS energy.

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arXiv2010

On Relation Between the Quark Gluon Bag Surface Tension and the Colour Tube String Tension

Here we revisit the bag phenomenology of the deconfining phase transition to replenish it by introducing systematically the bag surface tension. Comparing the free energy of such bags and that one of the strings confining the static quark-antiquark pair, we express the string tension in terms of the bag surface tension and thermal pressure in order to estimate the bag characteristics using the lattice QCD data. Our analysis of the bag entropy density demonstrates that the surface tension coefficient is amazingly negative at the cross-over (continuous transition). This approach allows us to naturally account for an appearance of a very pronounced maximum (observed in the lattice QCD simulations) of the entropy of the bound static quark-antiquark pair. The vicinity of the (tri)critical endpoint is also analyzed to clarify the meaning of vanishing surface tension coefficient.

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arXiv2010

Exactly Solvable Models: The Road towards a Rigorous Treatment of Phase Transitions in Finite Nuclear Systems

We discuss exact analytical solutions of a variety of statistical models recently obtained for finite systems by a novel powerful mathematical method, the Laplace-Fourier transform. Among them are a constrained version of the statistical multifragmentation model, the Gas of Bags Model and the Hills and Dales Model of surface partition. Thus, the Laplace-Fourier transform allows one to study the nuclear matter equation of state, the equation of state of hadronic and quark gluon matter and surface partitions on the same footing. A complete analysis of the isobaric partition singularities of these models is done for finite systems. The developed formalism allows us, for the first time, to exactly define the finite volume analogs of gaseous, liquid and mixed phases of these models from the first principles of statistical mechanics and demonstrate the pitfalls of earlier works. The found solutions may be used for building up a new theoretical apparatus to rigorously study phase transitions in finite systems. The strategic directions of future research opened by these exact results are also discussed.

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arXiv2010

Regge Trajectories of Quark Gluon Bags

Using an exactly solvable statistical model we discuss the equation of state of large/heavy and short-living quark gluon plasma (QGP) bags. We argue that the large width of the QGP bags explains not only the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed even as metastable states in a hadronic phase. Also the Regge trajectories of large and heavy QGP bags are established both in a vacuum and in a strongly interacting medium. It is shown that at high temperatures the average mass and width of the QGP bags behave in accordance with the upper bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the linear asymptotics), whereas for temperatures below T_H/2 (T_H is the Hagedorn temperature) they obey the lower bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the square root one). Thus, for T < T_H/2 the spin of the QGP bags is restricted from above, whereas for T> T_H/2 these bags demonstrate the standard Regge behavior consistent with the string models.

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arXiv2009

Quark Gluon Plasma Bags as Reggeons

Within an exactly solvable model I discuss the influence of the medium dependent finite width of quark gluon plasma (QGP) bags on their equation of state. It is shown that the large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed as metastable states in a hadronic phase. I show how the model allows one to estimate the minimal value of the width of QGP bags being heavier than 2.5 GeV from a variety of the lattice QCD data and to get the minimal resonance width at zero temperature of about 600 MeV. The Regge trajectories of large and heavy QGP bags are established both in a vacuum and in a strongly interacting medium. It is shown that at high temperatures the average mass and width of the QGP bags behave in accordance with the upper bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the linear asymptotics), whereas at low temperatures (below a half of the Hagedorn temperature T_H [1] they obey the lower bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the square root one). Thus, for temperatures below T_H/2 the spin of the QGP bags is restricted from above, whereas for temperatures above T_H/2 these bags demonstrate the typical Regge behavior consistent with the string models.

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arXiv2009

Quark Gluon Bags as Reggeons

The influence of the medium dependent finite width of QGP bags on their equation of state is analyzed within an exactly solvable model. It is argued that the large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed as metastable states in a hadronic phase. The model allows us to estimate the minimal value of the width of QGP bags from a variety of the lattice QCD data and get that the minimal resonance width at zero temperature is about 600 MeV, whereas the minimal resonance width at the Hagedorn temperature is about 2000 MeV. As shown these estimates are almost insensitive to the number of the elementary degrees of freedom. The recent lattice QCD data are analyzed and it is found that besides sigma T**4 term the lattice QCD pressure contains T-linear and T**4 ln T terms in the range of temperatures between 240 MeV and 420 MeV. The presence of the last term in the pressure bears almost no effect on the width estimates. Our analysis shows that at hight temperatures the average mass and width of the QGP bags behave in accordance with the upper bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the linear asymptotics), whereas at low temperatures they obey the lower bound of the Regge trajectory asymptotics (the square root one). Since the model explicitly contains the Hagedorn mass spectrum, it allows us to remove an existing contradiction between the finite number of hadronic Regge families and the Hagedorn idea of the exponentially growing mass spectrum of hadronic bags.

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arXiv2009

Exploring an Origin of the QCD Critical Endpoint

We discuss a new way to develop the exactly solvable model of the QCD critical endpoint by matching the deconfinement phase transition line for the system of quark-gluon bags with the line of their vanishing surface tension coefficient. In contrast to all previous findings in such models the deconfined phase is defined not by an essential singularity of the isobaric partition function, but by its simple pole. As a result we find out that the first order deconfinement phase transition which is defined by a discontinuity of the first derivative of system pressure is generated by a discontinuity of the derivative of surface tension coefficient.

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arXiv2009

Particle Freeze-out within the Self-Consistent Hydrodynamics

Here I discuss some implicit assumptions of modern hydrodynamic models and argue that their accuracy cannot be better than 10-15 %. Then I formulate the correct conservation laws for the fluid emitting particles from an arbitrary freeze-out (FO) hypersurface (HS) and show that the derived momentum distribution function of emitted particles does not contain negative contributions which appear in the famous Cooper-Frye formula. Further I analyze the typical pitfalls of some hydro models trying to alternatively resolve the FO problem.

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arXiv2008

Why Don't We See the Hagedorn Mass Spectrum in the Experiments?

The influence of medium dependent finite width of the QGP bags on their equation of state is analyzed on a basis of an exactly solvable model with the general mass-volume spectrum of these bags. It is arguing that the consistent statistical description of the QGP bags is achieved for the width proportional to the square root of their volume. The model allows us to estimate the minimal value of the QGP bags' width from the new lattice QCD data. The large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances compared to the Hagedorn mass spectrum, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy/ large QGP bags cannot be directly observed in experiments as metastable states in a hadronic phase.

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arXiv2008

Fresh look at the Hagedorn mass spectrum as seen in the experiments

The medium dependent finite width is introduced into an exactly solvable model with the general mass-volume spectrum of the QGP bags. The model allows us to estimate the minimal value of the QGP bags' width from the lattice QCD data. The large width of the QGP bags not only explains the observed deficit in the number of hadronic resonances comparing to the Hagedorn mass spectrum, but also clarifies the reason why the heavy QGP bags cannot be directly observed as metastable states in a hadronic phase.

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arXiv2008

On Finite Width of Quark Gluon Plasma Bags

Within an exactly solvable model I discuss an influence of the medium dependent finite width of QGP bags on their equation of state. It is shown that inclusion of such a width allows one to naturally resolve two conceptual problems of the QGP statistical description. On the basis of the proposed simple kinetic model for a sequential decay of heavy QGP bags formed in high energy elementary particle collisions it is argued that by measuring the energy dependence of life time of these bags it is possible to distinguish the case of critical point existence from the case of tricritical point.

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arXiv2008

Comment to the paper D. V. Anchishkin and S. N. Yezhov "Thermalization in Heavy-ion Collisions"

Here I discuss the major pitfalls and the most severe mistakes of the above mentioned paper. The thorough analysis shows that despite all the claims the present work has nothing to do with the thermalization process in relativistic heavy ion collisions. In contrast to the authors' beliefs I show that their main result is not derived, but is a combination of mathematical mistakes and hand waving arguments.

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arXiv2007

The Role of Surface Tension for the Equation of State of Quark-Gluon Bags

The temperature and chemical potential dependent surface tension of bags is introduced into the gas of quark-gluon bags model. The suggested model is solved analytically. It resolves a long standing problem of a unified description of the first and second order phase transition with the cross-over. Such an approach is necessary to model the complicated properties of quark-gluon plasma and hadronic matter from the first principles of statistical mechanics. In addition to the deconfinement phase transition, we found that at the curve of a zero surface tension coefficient there must exist the surface induced phase tranition of the 2-nd or higher order, which separates the pure quark gluon plasma (QGP) from the cross-over states. Thus, the present model predicts that the critical endpoint of quantum chromodynamics is the tricritical endpoint.

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arXiv2006

Can a Hagedorn system have a temperature other than $T_C$ or can a thermostat have a temperature other than its own?

This is a note intended to complement our paper (nucl-th/0504010) and addressed to the attention of QGP workers interested in bag models, Hagedorn spectra, and the like. It tries to show that with a Hagedorn-like experimental spectrum the partition function can not be calculated and that a canonical description derived for the microcanonical ensemble exists only for a single, fixed temperature.

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arXiv2005

The Quark-Gluon Plasma: a Perfect Thermostat and a Perfect Particle Reservoir

A system H with a Hagedorn-like mass spectrum imparts its unique temperature T_H to any other system coupled to it. An H system radiates particles in preexisting physical and chemical equilibrium. These particles form a saturated vapor at temperature T_H. This coexistence describes a first order phase transition. An H system is nearly indifferent to fragmentation into smaller H systems. A lower mass cut-off in the spectrum does not significantly alter the general picture. These properties of the Hagedorn thermostats naturally explain a single value of hadronization temperature observed in elementary particle collisions at high energies and lead to some experimental predictions.

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arXiv2005

Exactly Solvable Models: The Road Towards a Rigorous Treatment of Phase Transitions in Finite Systems

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arXiv2005

The complement: a solution to liquid drop finite size effects in phase transitions

The effects of the finite size of a liquid drop undergoing a phase transition are described in terms of the complement, the largest (but still mesoscopic) drop representing the liquid in equilibrium with the vapor. Vapor cluster concentrations, pressure and density from fixed mean density lattice gas (Ising) model calculations are explained in terms of the complement. Accounting for this finite size effect is key to determining the infinite nuclear matter phase diagram from experimental data.

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