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Topological features of the deconfinement transition

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2023-04-12 v1

Abstract

The first order transition between the confining and the center symmetry breaking phases of the SU(3) Yang-Mills theory is marked by discontinuities in various thermodynamics functions, such as the energy density or the value of the Polyakov loop. We investigate the non-analytical behaviour of the topological susceptibility and its higher cumulant around the transition temperature and make the connection to the curvature of the phase diagram in the TθT-\theta plane and to the latent heat.

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@article{arxiv.2212.08684,
  title  = {Topological features of the deconfinement transition},
  author = {Sz. Borsanyi and Z. Fodor and D. A. Godzieba and R. Kara and P. Parotto and D. Sexty and R. Vig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.08684},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures