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Yang-Mills theories undergo a deconfining phase transition at a critical temperature. In lattice calculations the temporal Wilson loop and Z_3 order parameter show above this temperature a behavior typical of deconfinement. A quantity of…
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In this paper we consider the influence of relativistic rotation on the confinement/deconfinement transition in gluodynamics within lattice simulation. We perform the simulation in the reference frame which rotates with the system under…
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Using first-principle numerical simulations, we find a new spatially inhomogeneous phase in rigidly rotating $N_c = 3$ gluon plasma. This mixed phase simultaneously possesses both confining and deconfining phases in thermal equilibrium.…
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The Z(N) center symmetry plays an important role in the deconfinement phase transition of SU(N) Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature. The exceptional group G(2) is the smallest simply connected gauge group with a trivial center. Hence,…
We argue that low-energy gluodynamics can be explained in terms of semi-classical Yang-Mills solutions by demonstrating that lattice gluon correlation functions fit to instanton liquid predictions for low energies and, after cooling, in the…
The analytic strong coupling expansion of the gluodynamics under a rotation with an angular velocity $\omega$ is reported. While the expansion is systematic, free from additional assumptions, the deconfinement temperature determined by the…
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