Phase transitions in abelian lattice gauge theories
| dc.creator | Cheluvaraja, Srinath | |
| dc.date | 1997-05-30 | |
| dc.date | 1998-12-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:03:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:03:08Z | |
| dc.description | We study the phase transition in the abelian lattice gauge theory using the Wilson-Polyakov line as the order parameter. The Wilson-Polyakov line remains very small at strong coupling and becomes non-zero at weak coupling, signalling a confinement to deconfinement phase transition. The decondensation of monopole loops is responsible for this phase transition. A finite size scaling analysis of the susceptibility of the Wilson line gives a ratio for $γ/ν$ which is quite close to the corresponding value in the 3-d planar model. A scaling behaviour for the monopole loop distribution function is also established at the point of the second order phase transition. A measurement of the plaquette susceptibility at the transition point shows that it does not scale with the four dimensional volume as is expected of a first order bulk transition. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages in LaTeX with eight figures. The manuscript has been substantially revised and some more results are included | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9705041 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9705041 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148898 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Lattice | |
| dc.title | Phase transitions in abelian lattice gauge theories | |
| dc.type | text |