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Why the SU(\infty) phase transition might be of second order

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

Based upon what is known about the phase transition(s) of an SU(3) gauge theory, we argue that in a SU(N_c) gauge theory without quarks, at nonzero temperature the deconfining phase transition is of second order when N_c \geq 4.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9702340,
  title  = {Why the SU(\infty) phase transition might be of second order},
  author = {Robert D. Pisarski and Michel Tytgat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9702340},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTeX, Proc. of the XXV Hirschegg Workshop on "QCD Phase Transitions", Jan. 1997

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