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

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6292087

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

We 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 which nearly saturate the Stefan-Boltzmann free quark and gluon limits. The total latent heat per unit volume is roughly 1.50 +- 0.50 GeV/fm/sup 3/. We present critical remarks and timing estimates for fermion computer simulation methods.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Physics; Chicago Univ., IL (USA). James Franck Inst.; Ohio State Univ., Columbus (USA). Dept. of Physics; Notre Dame Univ., IN (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER01545
• OSTI ID: 6292087
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/01545-333; ON: DE83011602
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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