Magnetic Monopoles in non-compact QED - is there a Phase Transition?
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
The existence of the monopole condensation transition reported by Kocic et al. in non-compact, quenched QED is tested. No phase transition is found. This shows that divergence of the `monopole susceptibility' introduced by Hands and Wensley is not a reliable indicator of second order phase transitions. In view of these results I discuss claims that the chiral phase transition seen in QED with fermions is a lattice artefact driven by monopole condensation.
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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9212004,
title = {Magnetic Monopoles in non-compact QED - is there a Phase Transition?},
author = {P. E. L. Rakow},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9212004},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Talk given at lattice '92, 4 pages, uses espcrc2.sty, 2 postscript figures attached. (Replaced to add the figures.) Preprint FUB-HEP 22/92