Probing the finite temperature phase transition with Nf=2 nonperturbatively improved Wilson fermions

Understand

The critical temperature and the nature of the QCD finite temperature phase transition are determined for Nf=2 dynamical flavors of nonperturbatively improved Wilson fermions.

• The calculations are performed on large lattices with temporal extents Nt=12, 10 and 8, and lattice spacings down to a = 0.075 fm.
• We find the deconfinement and chiral phasetransitions to take place at the same temperature.
• Our results are in broad agreement with a second order phase transition in the chiral limit.