The deconfined phase near Tc and its decay into hadrons
arXiv:nucl-th/0209001 · doi:10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01522-1
Abstract
We sketch an effective theory for the deconfined state of QCD near Tc. This relates the behavior of the expectation value of the Polyakov loop, and its two-point functions, to the pressure. Defining the ``mass'' of three and two gluon states from the imaginary and real parts of the Polyakov loop, while this ratio is 3:2 in perturbation theory, at Tc it is 3:1. We also discuss the decay of the deconfined state into hadrons.
4 pages, no figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of "Quark Matter 2002", Nantes, France, 18-24 Jul 2002