Polyakov Loop Percolation and Deconfinement in SU(2) Gauge Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2014-11-17 v4 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The deconfinement transition in SU(2) gauge theory and the magnetization transition in the Ising model belong to the same universality class. The critical behaviour of the Ising model can be characterized either as spontaneous breaking of the Z_2 symmetry of spin states or as percolation of appropriately defined spin clusters. We show that deconfinement in SU(2) gauge theory can be specified as percolation of Polyakov loop clusters with Fortuin-Kasteleyn bond weights, leading to the same (Onsager) critical exponents as the conventional order-disorder description based on the Polyakov loop expectation value.
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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9911020,
title = {Polyakov Loop Percolation and Deconfinement in SU(2) Gauge Theory},
author = {Santo Fortunato and Helmut Satz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9911020},
year = {2014}
}
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revised version