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Thermal effective potential for the Polyakov loop to higher loop order
Hiromichi Nishimura, Chris Korthals-Altes, Robert D. Pisarski +1
This is a progress report on the calculation of the effective potential for the Polyakov loop in pure gauge theory beyond two-loop order. We introduce a new approach using…
Screening of Z(N) monopole pairs in gauge theories
Ph. de Forcrand, C. Korthals-Altes, O. Philipsen
The screening of magnetic Z(N)-monopoles and the associated screening length in SU(N) gauge theories are analyzed theoretically, and computed numerically in the 3d SU(2) theory. Th…
Branes in the 5D Abelian Higgs Model
P. Dimopoulos, K. Farakos, C. P. Korthals-Altes +2
We find 3-brane Higgs and Coulomb phases in the 5D Abelian Higgs Model and determine the transition surfaces that separate them from the usual bulk phases.
Spatial 't Hooft loop, hot QCD and Z_N domain walls
C. Korthals-Altes, A. Kovner, M. Stephanov
We show that the deconfinement phase transition in the pure Yang-Mills theory can be characterized by the change of behaviour the spatial 't Hooft loop, V(C). In the confining phas…
Gauge Theories with a Layered Phase
A. Hulsebos, C. P. Korthals-Altes, S. Nicolis
We study abelian gauge theories with anisotropic couplings in dimensions. A layered phase is present, in the absence as well as in the presence of fermions. A line of second…
Z(N) Bubbles and their Descendants in Hot QCD: Alive and Bubbling
C. P. Korthals-Altes
The spontaneous breaking of Z(N) symmetry in hot QCD and the appearance of domain walls is reviewed.