Published February 15, 1986 | Version v1
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First-order phase transition in lattice QCD at finite temperature with light fermions: An analytical study

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Description

We analyze QCD on a lattice with light Kogut-Susskind fermions in the strong-coupling region at finite temperature. We work in the Hamiltonian framework using the formalism of Matsubara. The results show the presence of a deconfining first-order phase transition for intermediate values of the coupling constant. We argue that the dynamical mass of the fermions is the parameter responsible for the existence of this transition. The formalism includes previous analytical results on this subject as special cases

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1121-1128
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17041464
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRAL SYMMETRY; COLOR MODEL; COUPLING CONSTANTS; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GLUONS; HAMILTONIANS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUARK MATTER; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SU-3 GROUPS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; QUARK MODEL; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS