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Compact QED under scrutiny: it's first order

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We report new results from our finite size scaling analysis of 4d compact pure U(1) gauge theory with Wilson action. Investigating several cumulants of the plaquette energy within the Borgs-Kotecky finite size scaling scheme we find strong evidence for a first-order phase transition and present a high precision value for the critical coupling in the thermodynamic limit.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0210010,
  title  = {Compact QED under scrutiny: it's first order},
  author = {G. Arnold and B. Bunk and Th. Lippert and K. Schilling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0210010},
  year   = {2009}
}

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