Cold deconfined matter EOS through an HTL quasi-particle model

Abstract

Using quasi-particle models, lattice data can be mapped to finite chemical potential. By comparing a simple and an HTL quasi-particle model, we derive the general trend that a full inclusion of the plasmon effect will give.

Comments: 5 pages, 6 figures, contribution to the conference Strong and Electroweak Matter (SEWM2002), Heidelberg, Germany, October 2-5, 2002; v2: plots and references updated