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Monopole condensation in two-flavour Adjoint QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

In QCD with adjoint fermions (aQCD) the deconfining transition takes place at a lower temperature than the chiral transition. We study the two transitions by use of the Polyakov Loop, the monopole order parameter and the chiral condensate. The deconfining transition is first order, the chiral is a crossover. The order parameters for confinement are not affected by the chiral transition. We conclude that the degrees of freedom relevant to confinement are different from those describing chiral symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.0802.1795,
  title  = {Monopole condensation in two-flavour Adjoint QCD},
  author = {G. Cossu and M. D'Elia and A. Di Giacomo and G. Lacagnina and C. Pica},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1795},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

5 pages, 6 figures. Minor corrections, acknowledgments, new references and bigger figures

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