On the nature and order of the deconfining transition in QCD

Abstract

The determination of the parameters of the deconfining transition in N_f=2 QCD is discussed, and its relevance to the understanding of the mechanism of color confinement.

arXiv comment10 pages. In honour of Yu. A. Simonov on his seventyth birthday; to be published in Yadernaya Fizika

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