Critical behavior of the compact 3d U(1) theory in the limit of zero spatial coupling
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2011-02-14 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Critical properties of the compact three-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory are explored at finite temperatures on an asymmetric lattice. For vanishing value of the spatial gauge coupling one obtains an effective two-dimensional spin model which describes the interaction between Polyakov loops. We study numerically the effective spin model for N_t=1,4,8 on lattices with spatial extension ranging from L=64 to L=256. Our results indicate that the finite-temperature U(1) lattice gauge theory belongs to the universality class of the two-dimensional XY model, thus supporting the Svetitsky-Yaffe conjecture.
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@article{arxiv.0806.2081,
title = {Critical behavior of the compact 3d U(1) theory in the limit of zero spatial coupling},
author = {Oleg Borisenko and Mario Gravina and Alessandro Papa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2081},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
17 pages, 5 figures; two references added, a few comments included, title changed; version to appear on J. Stat. Mech