Latent heat and critical temperature of the color-deconfining phase transition

Journal Article · Mon Apr 04 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1367· OSTI ID:5291582

Christ, N H; Ding, H

A Monte Carlo study is reported of pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory near the color-deconfining phase transition on lattices of size 16/sup 3/ x N/sub T/ with N/sub T/ = 6, 8, and 10. The critical coupling and latent heat per unit volume are deduced for this phase transition: ..beta../sub c/ = 5.889 +- 0.008, 6.001 +- 0.025, 6.16 +- 0.007, and ..delta..scrE/T/sub c//sup 4/ = 3.61 +- 0.28, 3.26 +- 0.73, 3.54 +- 1.14 for N/sub T/ = 6, 8, 10, respectively. These errors are statistical only and do not reflect significant systematic uncertainty. For N/sub T/ = 10 we demonstrate that the internal energy can be obtained from Wilson loops larger than the usual 1 x 1 plaquettes.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
• OSTI ID: 5291582
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 60:14; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COLOR MODEL
COMPOSITE MODELS
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PARTICLE MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
SU GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
WILSON LOOP