The deconfinement transition in SU(N) gauge theories

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25 June 2002

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-lat/0206029

Abstract

We investigate the properties of the deconfinement transition in SU(4) and SU(6) gauge theories. We find that it is a `normal' first order transition in both cases, from which we conclude that the transition is first order in the N->infinity limit. Comparing our preliminary estimates of the continuum values of Tc/sqrt(K) with existing values for SU(2) and SU(3) demonstrates a weak dependence on N for all values of N.

Keywords

DECONFINEMENT TRANSITION
CONTINUUM VALUES
TRANSITION IN SU
WEAK DEPENDENCE
EXISTING VALUES
INFINITY LIMIT
GAUGE THEORIES
PROPERTIES

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Version 1, 2002-06-25, ArXiv
Published version: Physics Letters B, 545 (1-2), 197.

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