Center Vortex Model for the Infrared Sector of SU(3) Yang-Mills Theory - Vortex Free Energy
arXiv:hep-lat/0412033 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.054026
Abstract
The vortex free energy is studied in the random vortex world-surface model of the infrared sector of SU(3) Yang-Mills theory. The free energy of a center vortex extending into two spatial directions, which is introduced into Yang-Mills configurations when acting with the 't Hooft loop operator, is verified to furnish an order parameter for the deconfinement phase transition. It is shown to exhibit a weak discontinuity at the critical temperature, corresponding to the weak first order character of the transition.
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