The Gluon propagator at high temperature

May, 1995
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 355 (1995) 511-517
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BI-TP-95-21,
  • FSU-SCRI-95-53

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Abstract: (DESY)
We study the gluon propagator in Landau gauge in the deconfined phase of SU(2)SU(2) gauge theory. From the long-distance behaviour of correlation functions of temporal and spatial components of the gauge fields we extract electric (mem_e) and magnetic (mmm_m) screening masses. For temperatures larger than twice TcT_c we find no additional temperature dependence in me(T)/Tm_e(T)/T, while mm(T)/Tm_m(T)/T drops with increasing temperature. The decrease is consistent with the expected behaviour, mm(T)g 2(T)Tm_m(T) \sim g~2(T)T. We find me(T)=2.484(52)Tm_e(T) = 2.484(52)T and mm(T)=0.466(15)g 2(T)Tm_m(T) = 0.466(15) g~2(T) T.
Note:
  • 11 pages, TEX-file, 5 PS-figure Report-no: BI-TP 95/21, FSU-SCRI-95-53
  • gauge field theory: SU(2)
  • lattice field theory
  • finite temperature
  • Landau gauge
  • gluon: propagator
  • mass: screening
  • screening: mass
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo