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The deconfined phase near Tc and its decay into hadrons

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We sketch an effective theory for the deconfined state of QCD near Tc. This relates the behavior of the expectation value of the Polyakov loop, and its two-point functions, to the pressure. Defining the ``mass'' of three and two gluon states from the imaginary and real parts of the Polyakov loop, while this ratio is 3:2 in perturbation theory, at Tc it is 3:1. We also discuss the decay of the deconfined state into hadrons.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0209001,
  title  = {The deconfined phase near Tc and its decay into hadrons},
  author = {A. Dumitru and R. D. Pisarski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0209001},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, no figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Quark Matter 2002", Nantes, France, 18-24 Jul 2002