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We calculate the thermodynamic functions of pure-glue QCD to three-loop order using the hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory (HTLpt) reorganization of finite temperature quantum field theory. We show that at three-loop order hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory is compatible with lattice results for the pressure, energy density, and entropy down to temperatures T ≃ 3 T c . Our results suggest that HTLpt provides a systematic framework that can be used to calculate static and dynamic quantities for temperatures relevant at LHC.
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Andersen, J.O., Strickland, M. & Su, N. Three-loop HTL gluon thermodynamics at intermediate coupling. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 113 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2010)113
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