Evidence of a First Order Deconfinement Phase Transition for Finite Temperature SU(4) Gauge Theory

Jun, 1984
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 144 (1984) 409-413
  • Published: 1984
Report number:
  • OXFORD-TP-20-84,
  • PRINT-84-0338-REV.(OXFORD),
  • PRINT-84-0338 (OXFORD)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We perform Monte Carlo simulations on finite temperatures SU(4) gauge theory with isotropic and anisotropic couplings on lattice up to size 5 × 10 3 and find evidence for a first order deconfinement phase transition.
Note:
  • New Improved Version
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(4)
  • field theory: finite temperature
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • QUARK: CONFINEMENT
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: MONTE CARLO