Evidence for Scaling in Lattice QCD at beta = 5.7

May, 1986
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 57 (1986) 2131-2134
Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-86-080-T

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Abstract: (APS)
The SU(3) deconfinement temperature is studied on asymmetric lattices as a probe of scaling. For lattices with four sites in the temperature direction (βc≈5.7) we find precise agreement between the measured asymmetry dependence of the Λ parameter and that predicted by one-loop perturbation theory. The agreement holds over a large range of asymmetry (0.65<~ξ<~1.1) and implies that violations of perturbative scaling above β≈5.7 are independent of asymmetry and therefore unlikely to be lattice artifacts. This provides evidence that the coupling range 5.7≲β≲6.2 is a regime of nonperturbative but universal scaling.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(3)
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY: LAMBDA PARAMETER
  • SYMMETRY: LATTICE
  • SCALING
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS: MONTE CARLO