Abstract
A simple model for the quark-gluon plasma with a nonzero baryon number B is developed in a microcanonical (i.e., fixed B) approach. The model exhibits features which one expects will emerge from a nonperturbative treatment of QCD. We show the existence of a critical chemical potential such that, for T>0, physical properties are unaffected by chemical potentials μ when ‖μ‖<. therefore resembles a mass gap.
- Received 27 March 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.2137
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