The QCD equation of state with asqtad staggered fermions

C. Bernard Physics Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA T. Burch Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany C. DeTar Physics Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA Steven Gottlieb and L. Levkova∗† Physics Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA U. M. Heller American Physical Society, One Research Road, Box 9000, Ridge, NY 11961-9000, USA J. E. Hetrick Physics Department, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA D. B. Renner and D. Toussaint Physics Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA R. Sugar Physics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA