Free energy for parameterized Polyakov loops in SU(2) and SU(3) lattice gauge theory

Abstract

We present a study of the free energy of parameterized Polyakov loops P in SU(2) and SU(3) lattice gauge theory as a function of the parameters that characterize P. We explore temperatures below and above the deconfinement transition, and for our highest temperatures T > 5 T_c we compare the free energy to perturbative results.

Minor changes. Final version to appear in JHEP

Cited by in corpus (20)

• QCD and strongly coupled gauge theories: challenges and perspectives
• Confinement from Correlation Functions
• Improved Polyakov-loop potential for effective models from functional calculations
• Universal mechanism of (semi-classical) deconfinement and theta-dependence for all simple groups
• Polyakov loop potential at finite density
• Effective matrix model for deconfinement in pure gauge theories
• Deconfinement and continuity between thermal and (super) Yang-Mills theory for all gauge groups
• (S)QCD on R^3 x S^1: Screening of Polyakov loop by fundamental quarks and the demise of semi-classics
• Two-colour QCD with heavy quarks at finite densities
• Holonomy potential and confinement from a simple model of the gauge topology
• QCD Topology at Finite Temperature: Statistical Mechanics of Selfdual Dyons
• Effective potential for SU(2) Polyakov loops and Wilson loop eigenvalues
• Phase diagram and nucleation in the Polyakov-loop-extended Quark-Meson truncation of QCD with the unquenched Polyakov-loop potential
• Gauge turbulence, topological defect dynamics, and condensation in Higgs models
• Gross-Witten-Wadia transition in a matrix model of deconfinement
• Are there monopoles in the quark-gluon plasma?
• Matrix model for deconfinement in an SU(2) gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions
• Matrix model for deconfinement in a SU(Nc) gauge theory in 2+1 dimensions
• Effective Lagrangian for the Polyakov line on a lattice
• Deconfinement phase transition in the Hamiltonian approach to Yang-Mills theory in Coulomb gauge