The finite temperature QCD transition in external magnetic fields

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The effect of an external magnetic field on the finite temperature transition of QCD is studied.

• We measure thermodynamic observables including the quark condensates and susceptibilities and the strange quark number susceptibility.
• We generate configurations at various values of the quantized magnetic flux with N_f=2+1 flavors of stout smeared staggered quarks at physical quark masses.
• We perform the renormalization of our observables and approach the continuum limit with N_t=6,8 and 10 lattices.