Exploring Partially Confined Phases
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Phases of SU(N) gauge theories in which the global Z(N) symmetry breaks spontaneously to a subgroup Z(L) can be realized by adding appropriate Wilson line terms to the gauge action. These phases are partially confining, in the sense that quarks are confined but bound states of L quarks are not. At temperatures large compared to the normal deconfinement temperature, the phase diagram, pressure, string tensions, and 't Hooft loop surface tensions can be calculated analytically. Approximate scaling laws emerge naturally for both string tensions and surface tensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.0649,
title = {Exploring Partially Confined Phases},
author = {Michael C. Ogilvie and Peter N. Meisinger and Joyce C. Myers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0649},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures; proc. of the XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 30 - August 4, 2007, Regensburg, Germany