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Is the Chiral Phase Transition in Non-Compact Lattice QED Driven by Monopole Condensation?

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

We investigate the recent conjecture that the chiral phase transition in non-compact lattice QED is driven by monopole condensation. The comparison of analytic and numerical results shows that we have a quantitative understanding of monopoles in both the quenched and dynamical cases. We can rule out monopole condensation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9303001,
  title  = {Is the Chiral Phase Transition in Non-Compact Lattice QED Driven by Monopole Condensation?},
  author = {M. Goeckeler and R. Horsley and P. E. L. Rakow and G. Schierholz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9303001},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, 10 postscript figures included