Partial deconfinement in QCD at $N=3$ and $N=\infty$

Masanori Hanada; Hiroki Ohata; Hidehiko Shimada; Hiromasa Watanabe

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Partial deconfinement in QCD at $N = 3$ and $N = \infty$

arXiv:2312.17136

Abstract

We describe how the general mechanism of partial deconfinement applies to large- $N$ QCD and the partially-deconfined phase inevitably appears between completely-confined and completely-deconfined phases. Furthermore, we propose how the partial deconfinement can be observed in the real-world QCD with SU(3) gauge group. We propose the relationship between the behaviors of the Polyakov loop and other quantities. We test our proposal against lattice simulation data and find a nontrivial matching.

7 pages. 40th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory - Lattice2023

Partial deconfinement in QCD at N=3 and N=∞

Abstract

Partial deconfinement in QCD at $N = 3$ and $N = \infty$