Order of the deconfining phase transition in SU(3) lattice gauge theory
- 23 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (17), 1768-1771
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.1768
Abstract
The nature of the finite-temperature deconfining phase transition is studied by Monte Carlo simulation on lattices ranging over ×4 to ×4. The spatial-volume dependence of the susceptibility and the mass gap strongly support a first-order transition. This is corroborated by an explicit construction of the effective Z(3) spin system whose dominant two-spin couplings are found to be all positive.
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