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The QCD equation of state at finite baryon density is studied in the framework of a Cluster Expansion Model (CEM), which is based on the fugacity expansion of the net baryon density. The CEM uses the two leading Fourier coefficients, obtained from lattice simulations at imaginary μB, as the only model input and permits a closed analytic form. Excellent description of the available lattice data at both μB = 0 and at imaginary μB is obtained. We also demonstrate how the Fourier coefficients can be reconstructed from baryon number susceptibilities.
The SU(3) pure gauge theory exhibits a first-order thermal deconfinement transition due to spontaneous breaking of its global Z3 center symmetry. When heavy dynamical quarks are added, this symmetry is broken explicitly and the transition weakens with decreasing quark mass until it disappears at a critical point. We compute the critical hopping parameter and the associated pion mass for lattice QCD with Nf=2 degenerate standard Wilson fermions on Nτ∈{6,8,10} lattices, corresponding to lattice spacings a=0.12 fm, a=0.09 fm, a=0.07 fm, respectively. Significant cutoff effects are observed, with the first-order region growing as the lattice gets finer. While current lattices are still too coarse for a continuum extrapolation, we estimate mcπ≈4 GeV with a remaining systematic error of ∼20%. Our results allow us to assess the accuracy of the leading-order and next-to-leading-order hopping expanded fermion determinant used in the literature for various purposes. We also provide a detailed investigation of the statistics required for this type of calculation, which is useful for similar investigations of the chiral transition.