Published June 4, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Tunneling and deconfinement

  • 1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (USA). Supercomputer Computations Research Inst. (SCRI)

Description

For non-abelian lattice gauge theory in a finite box one finds, as the box size increases, a rapid increase of the string tension due to tunneling between different toron sectors. The tunneling transition is a signal for the deconfinement phase transition. For various lattice shapes, we compare numerical results for this signal with those obtained from the popular analysis of Polyakov-loop expectation values. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
191
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
157-163
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-FC05-85ER25000