Visualizations of coherent center domains in local Polyakov loops

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2014.05.002zbMATH Open1343.81184arXiv1312.0991OpenAlexW1976078741MaRDI QIDQ305236FDOQ305236

Authors: Finn M. Stokes, Waseem Kamleh, Derek B. Leinweber 

Publication date: 29 August 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum Chromodynamics exhibits a hadronic confined phase at low to moderate temperatures and, at a critical temperature $T_C$, undergoes a transition to a deconfined phase known as the quark-gluon plasma. The nature of this deconfinement phase transition is probed through visualizations of the Polyakov loop, a gauge independent order parameter. We produce visualizations that provide novel insights into the structure and evolution of center clusters. Using the HMC algorithm the percolation during the deconfinement transition is observed. Using 3D rendering of the phase and magnitude of the Polyakov loop, the fractal structure and correlations are examined. The evolution of the center clusters as the gauge fields thermalize from below the critical temperature to above it are also exposed. We observe deconfinement proceeding through a competition for the dominance of a particular center phase. We use stout-link smearing to remove small-scale noise in order to observe the large-scale evolution of the center clusters. A correlation between the magnitude of the Polyakov loop and the proximity of its phase to one of the center phases of SU(3) is evident in the visualizations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.0991

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zbMATH Keywords

data visualizationquantum chromodynamicslattice field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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Cited In (2)

• Center clusters in the Yang-Mills vacuum
• Degrees of freedom and the deconfining phase transition

Uses Software

• OpenGL
• DevIL
• FFmpeg

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