Symmetry breaking by Wilson loops. Finite-temperature effects
- 15 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 39 (8) , 2368-2372
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.39.2368
Abstract
We analyze SU(5) gauge theory at finite temperature on space-times of the form openR×/Γ and find that, as the temperature is increased, the symmetry is progressively restored from the broken one found earlier. Some latent heats are evaluated and high-temperature forms are derived.
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