Published 1998 | Version v1
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The mixed non-abelian coulomb gas in two dimensions

  • 1. University of British Columbia, British Columbia (Canada)

Description

The statistical mechanics of a mixed gas of adjoint and fundamental representation charges interacting via 1+1-dimensional U(N) gauge fields is investigated. In the limit of large N we show that there is a first order deconfining phase transition for low densities of fundamental charges. As the density of fundamental charges becomes comparable to the adjoint charge density the phase transition becomes a third order one. (Author). 51 refs., 4 figs

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Publishing Information

Publisher
World Scientific Publication Co. Pte. Ltd.
Imprint Place
Singapore (Singapore)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the APCTP - ICTP joint international conference. Recent developments in nonperturbative quantum field theory
Imprint Pagination
397 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 79-103

Conference

Title
1997 APCTP - ICTP joint international conference
Dates
26-30 May 1997
Place
Seoul (Korea, Republic of)