Published September 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Stability of the perturbative vacuum against spatial variations of the Polyakov loop

  • 1. Institute of Physics, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153 (Japan).

Description

We investigate the effective action of the Polyakov loop with spatial variations. We expand the effective action not in powers of derivatives or momenta, but in powers of variational amplitudes. At one-loop order the results suggest that the instability towards the confining vacuum may be caused by the variational terms. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1397-1415
ISSN
1361-6471

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43111871
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; AMPLITUDES; PERTURBATION THEORY; SERIES EXPANSION; VARIATIONAL METHODS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; INTEGRALS

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