Phase transitions and elementary-particle physics

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5670428

Creutz, M.

The reason physicists have recently taken an intense interest in the statistical mechanics of certain lattice models is reviewed. Phase transitions in these systems are of direct relevance to whether the gauge theory of interacting quarks and gluons can prevent the quark as appearing as a free isolated object. Monte Carlo simulation techniques have given the strongest evidence for the confinement phenomenon and are beginning to make numerical predictions in strong interaction physics.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5670428
• Report Number(s): BNL-30432; CONF-811172-1; ON: DE82005502; TRN: 82-008403
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. midwest solid state theory symposium on melting, localization and chaos, Argonne, IL, USA, 2 Nov 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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