Wilson loops, winding modes, and domain walls in finite temperature QCD
- Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
We discuss the effective action for Polyakov-Wilson loops winding around compact Euclidean time, which serve as order parameters for the finite temperature deconfinement transition in SU({ital N}) Yang-Mills gauge theory. We then apply our results to the study of the high temperature continuation of the confining phase, and to the analysis of certain {ital Z}{sub {ital N}} domain walls that have been argued to play a role in cosmology. We argue that the free energy of these walls is much larger than previously thought.
- OSTI ID:
- 55224
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 51; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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