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Title: Order, Disorder and Confinement

Abstract

Studying the order of the chiral transition for Nf = 2 is of fundamental importance to understand the mechanism of color confinement. We present results of a numerical investigation on the order of the transition by use of a novel strategy in finite size scaling analysis. The specific heat and a number of susceptibilities are compared with the possible critical behaviours. A second order transition in the O(4) and O(2) universality classes are excluded. Substantial evidence emerges for a first order transition. Results are in agreement with those found by studying the scaling properties of a disorder parameter related to the dual superconductivity mechanism of color confinement.

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 [1];  [2]; ;  [3];  [2]
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova (Italy)
  2. (Italy)
  3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Pisa, largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa (Italy)
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OSTI Identifier:
20787628
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 806; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: International workshop on quantum chromodynamics: Theory and experiment, Conversano, Bari (Italy), 16-20 Jun 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2163755; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BAG MODEL; CHIRALITY; COLOR MODEL; O GROUPS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; SCALE INVARIANCE; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

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D'Elia, M., INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Di Giacomo, A., Pica, C., and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa. Order, Disorder and Confinement. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2163755.
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D'Elia, M., INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Di Giacomo, A., Pica, C., & INFN, Sezione di Pisa, largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa. Order, Disorder and Confinement. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2163755.
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D'Elia, M., INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Di Giacomo, A., Pica, C., and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa. Thu . "Order, Disorder and Confinement". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2163755.
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@article{osti_20787628,
title = {Order, Disorder and Confinement},
author = {D'Elia, M. and INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova and Di Giacomo, A. and Pica, C. and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, largo Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa},
abstractNote = {Studying the order of the chiral transition for Nf = 2 is of fundamental importance to understand the mechanism of color confinement. We present results of a numerical investigation on the order of the transition by use of a novel strategy in finite size scaling analysis. The specific heat and a number of susceptibilities are compared with the possible critical behaviours. A second order transition in the O(4) and O(2) universality classes are excluded. Substantial evidence emerges for a first order transition. Results are in agreement with those found by studying the scaling properties of a disorder parameter related to the dual superconductivity mechanism of color confinement.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2163755},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 806,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Thu Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.2163755
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