Partition function for the eigenvalues of the Wilson line
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice
Abstract
In a gauge theory at nonzero temperature the eigenvalues of the Wilson line form a set of gauge invariant observables. By constructing the corresponding partition function for the phases of these eigenvalues, we prove that the trivial vacuum, where the phases vanish, is a minimum of the free energy.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9302233,
title = {Partition function for the eigenvalues of the Wilson line},
author = {A. Gocksch and R. D. Pisarski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9302233},
year = {2009}
}
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LaTeX, 13 pages, BNL--GP--1/93