Relative scale setting for two-color QCD with Nf = 2 Wilson fermions

Abstract

We determine the scale-setting function and the pseudocritical temperature on the lattice in Nf = 2 two-color quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using the Iwasaki gauge and Wilson fermion actions. Although two-color QCD does not correspond to the real world, it is very useful as a good testing ground for three-color QCD. The scale-setting function gives the relative lattice spacings of simulations performed at different values of the bare coupling. It is a necessary tool for taking the continuum limit. First, we measure the meson spectra for various combinations of (β, κ) and find a line of constant physics in the β–κ plane. Next, we determine the scale-setting function via w0 scale in the gradient flow method. Furthermore, we estimate the pseudocritical temperature at zero chemical potential from the chiral susceptibility. Combining these results, we can discuss the QCD phase diagram in which both axes are given by dimensionless quantities, namely the temperature normalized by the pseudocritical temperature on the lattice and the chemical potential normalized by the pseudoscalar meson mass. This makes it easy to compare among several lattice studies, and also makes it possible to compare theoretical analyses and lattice studies in the continuum limit.