First-Order Phase Transition in Four-Dimensional SO(3) Lattice Gauge Theory
- 6 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 47 (1), 9-11
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.47.9
Abstract
We present Monte Carlo evidence of a first-order phase transition in four-dimensional SO(3) lattice gauge theory. This result stands in sharp contrast to the known single-phase structure of the corresponding SU(2) theory, and suggests that the center degrees of freedom may be important to the thermodynamics of the SU(2) gauge system.
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