Behavior of the topological susceptibility at finite T and μ and signs of restoration of chiral symmetries

Abstract

We investigate the possible restoration of chiral and axial symmetries across the phase transition at finite temperature and chemical potential, by analyzing the behavior of several physics quantities, such as the quark condensates and the topological susceptibility, the respective derivatives with respect to the chemical potential, and the masses of meson chiral partners. We discuss whether only chiral symmetry or both chiral and axial symmetries are restored and what the role of the strange quark is. The results are compared with recent lattice results.