A Finite temperature investigation of the Georgi-Glashow model in 3D

Sep, 2004

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Abstract:
We study the SU(2) gauge theory with scalar matter in the adjoint representation in 3D at finite temperature. We find evidence for a finite temperature phase transition both in the symmetric and in the broken phase: such transitions are consistent with the universality class of Ising 2D, in agreement with recent analytical arguments.
  • talk: Batavia 2004/06/21
  • lattice field theory
  • Georgi-Glashow model
  • dimension: 3
  • finite temperature
  • gauge field theory: SU(2)
  • matter: scalar
  • critical phenomena: confinement
  • Polyakov loop: susceptibility
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo