Order of the deconfining phase transition in SU(3) lattice gauge theory

Journal Article · Mon Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.1768· OSTI ID:5243757

Fukugita, M ^[1]; Okawa, M ^[2]; Ukawa, A ^[3]

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1. Research Institute for Fundamental Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, (Japan)
2. National Laboratory for High Energy Physics KEK, Ibaraki 305, (Japan)
3. Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, (Japan)

The nature of the finite-temperature deconfining phase transition is studied by Monte Carlo simulation on lattices ranging over 8{sup 3}{times}4 to 36{sup 3}{times}4. The spatial-volume dependence of the susceptibility and the mass gap strongly support a first-order transition. This is corroborated by an explicit construction of the effective {ital Z}(3) spin system whose dominant two-spin couplings are found to be all positive.

• OSTI ID: 5243757
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Vol. 63:17; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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