QCD thermodynamics with three flavors of improved staggered quarks
QCD thermodynamics with three flavors of improved staggered quarks
We report on a study of QCD thermodynamics with three flavors of quarks, using a Symanzik improved gauge action and the Asqtad $O({a}^{2})$ improved staggered quark action. Simulations were carried out with lattice spacings $1/4T$, $1/6T$, and $1/8T$ both for three degenerate quarks with masses less than or equal to …