Published September 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase transition in four-dimensional compact QED

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)

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The energy and the specific heat of the four-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge model is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulations on lattices of size L4, where L = 4,5 and 6, and evidence is presented for the occurrence of a second-order phase transition. A finite size scaling analysis of our results gives the critical value of the coupling constant e2sub(c) = 0.995 and a correlation length exponent ν approx. 1/3. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
63-66
ISSN
0370-2693