Published April 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Monopole condensation in two-flavor adjoint QCD

  • 1. Scuola Normale Superiore and INFN, Pisa (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Genova (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Pisa (Italy)
  • 4. INFN sezione di Milano (Italy)
  • 5. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000 (United States)

Description

In QCD with adjoint fermions, the deconfining transition takes place at a lower temperature than the chiral transition. We study the two transitions by use of the Polyakov loop, the monopole order parameter, and the chiral condensate. The deconfining transition is first order, the chiral is a crossover. The order parameters for confinement are not affected by the chiral transition. We conclude that the degrees of freedom relevant to confinement are different from those describing chiral symmetry.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 074506-074506.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society