Phase transitions and elementary-particle physics

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
BASIC INTERACTIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FIELD THEORIES
GLUONS
HAMILTONIANS
INTERACTIONS
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MECHANICS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
QUARKS
SOLID STATE PHYSICS
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
STRONG INTERACTIONS
YANG-MILLS THEORY