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Partial deconfinement in gauge theories

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2019-11-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We provide the evidence for the existence of partially deconfined phase in large-NN gauge theory. In this phase, the SU(MM) subgroup of SU(NN) gauge group deconfines, where MN\frac{M}{N} changes continuously from zero (confined phase) to one (deconfined phase). The partially deconfined phase may exist in real QCD with N=3N=3.

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@article{arxiv.1911.11465,
  title  = {Partial deconfinement in gauge theories},
  author = {Masanori Hanada and Goro Ishiki and Hiromasa Watanabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.11465},
  year   = {2019}
}

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7 pages, 8 figures, talk presented at the 37th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2019), 16-22 June 2019, Wuhan, China

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