Critical endline of the finite temperature phase transition for 2+1 flavor QCD away from the SU(3)-flavor symmetric point

Abstract

We investigate the critical end line of the finite temperature phase transition of QCD away from the SU(3)-flavor symmetric point at zero chemical potential. We employ the renormalization-group improved Iwasaki gauge action and non-perturbatively O(a)- improved Wilson-clover fermion action. The critical end line is determined by using the intersection point of kurtosis, employing the multi-parameter, multi-ensemble reweighting method at the temporal size NT = 6 and lattice spacing as low as a ≈0.19 fm.