The SU(3) Deconfinement Phase Transition in the Presence of Quarks

Jun, 1983
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 133 (1983) 221-226
  • Published: Dec 15, 1983
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-3636

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The fate of the deconfinement phase transition is studied as a function of the quark mass on a 8 3 × 2 lattice. The first order phase transition present in the pure SU(3) lattice gauge theory weakens rapidly as the quark mass is decreased and no such transition is observed below a critical mass value. This critical mass appears to be large, of the order of GeV.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(3)
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • FERMION: LATTICE FIELD THEORY
  • QUARK: MASS
  • MASS: QUARK
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: MONTE CARLO