FINITE TEMPERATURE SU(2) GAUGE THEORY: CRITICAL COUPLING AND UNIVERSALITY CLASS

DOI10.1142/S0129183108012741zbMATH Open1153.82325arXiv0711.0748MaRDI QIDQ3545704FDOQ3545704

Alexander Velytsky

Publication date: 11 December 2008

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics C (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine SU(2) gauge theory in 3+1 dimensions at finite temperature in the vicinity of critical point. For various lattice sizes in time direction ($N_{a}u=1,2,4,8$) we extract high precision values of the inverse critical coupling and critical values of the 4-th order cumulant of Polyakov loops (Binder cumulant). We check the universality class of the theory by comparing the cumulant values to that of the 3D Ising model and find very good agreement. The Polyakov loop correlators for the indicated lattices are also measured and the string tension values extracted. The high precision values of critical coupling and string tension allow us to study the scaling of dimensionless $T_c/sqrtsigma$ ratio. The violation of scaling by <10% is observed as the coupling is varied from weak to strong coupling regime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0748

zbMATH Keywords

universalitylattice gauge theoryfinite temperature phase transition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Dynamic and nonequilibrium phase transitions (general) in statistical mechanics (82C26) Dynamic critical phenomena in statistical mechanics (82C27)

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