Order of the Deconfining Phase Transition in Pure-Gauge QCD

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Authors

P. Bacilieri · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

E. Remiddi · University of Bologna

G.M. Todesco · University of Bologna

M. Bernashchi · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

S. Cabasino · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

N. Cabibbo · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

L. A. Fernández

Abstract

We study the behavior of the string tension in the SU(3) lattice pure-gauge theory close to the deconfining critical point. We find very large correlation lengths, increasing with the lattice size. This result is strongly suggestive of a second-order phase transition, and excludes the presence of a strong first-order transition.

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Theoretical and Computational Physics Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

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Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 61, Issue 14, pp. 1545-1548

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.61.1545

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