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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | 't Hooft loops, electric flux sectors, and confinement in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory |
Author: | de Forcrand, Philippe von Smekal, Lorenz Johann Maria |
Citation: | Physical Review D, 2002; 66(1):011504 |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 1550-7998 |
School/Discipline: | School of Chemistry and Physics |
Statement of Responsibility: | Philippe de Forcrand and Lorenz von Smekal |
Abstract: | We use ’t Hooft loops of maximal size on finite lattices to calculate the free energy in the sectors of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory with fixed electric flux, as a function of temperature and (spatial) volume. Our results provide evidence for the mass gap. The confinement of electric fluxes in the low temperature phase and their condensation in the high temperature phase are demonstrated. In a surprisingly large scaling window around criticality, the transition is quantitatively well described by universal exponents and amplitude ratios relating the properties of the two phases. |
Rights: | ©2002 American Physical Society |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.011504 |
Appears in Collections: | Chemistry and Physics publications |
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