Thermodynamic Potential of the Polyakov Loop in SU(3) Quenched Lattice QCD

Hideo Suganuma, Hiroki Ohata, Masakiyo Kitazawa

Using SU(3) lattice QCD, we study for the first time the effective potential of the Polyakov loop $⟨P⟩$ at finite temperature, i.e., the thermodynamic potential, in t…