Quark and gluon latent heats at the deconfinement phase transition in SU(3) gauge theory

Journal Article · Mon Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.869· OSTI ID:5540043

Kogut, J; Matsuoka, H; Stone, M; Wyld, H W; Shenker, S; Shigemitsu, J; Sinclair, D K

The authors have run computer simulations of the quark and gluon internal energies in SU(3) lattice gauge theory neglecting dynamical fermion loops. At the first-order deconfinement--chiral symmetry restoration transition the internal energies display large discontinuities. With finite-size effects estimated by a procedure suggested by the Bielefeld group, the total latent heat per unit volume is found to be roughly 1.50 +- 0.50 GeV/fm/sup 3/, is the transition temperature if 190 +- 20 MeV. Timing estimates for fermion computer simulation methods are presented.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-81ER10957; AC02-76ER01545
• OSTI ID: 5540043
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 51:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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