Comment on phase transitions in Z(N) gauge theories

T Banks; D Horn; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2423

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Comment on phase transitions in Z(N) gauge theories

T Banks, D Horn and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Vol.21:8(8), pp.2423-2424

04/15/1980

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2423

Abstract

645400 - High Energy Physics- Field Theory

CRYSTAL MODELS

ELECTRIC CHARGES

ELECTRODYNAMICS

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES

EXPECTATION VALUE

FUNCTIONS

GAUGE INVARIANCE

INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

ISING MODEL

MAGNETIC MONOPOLES

MATHEMATICAL MODELS

MONOPOLES

PARTITION FUNCTIONS

PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

POSTULATED PARTICLES

VACUUM STATES

We present an intuitive explanation of the first-order nature of the phase transitions in the four-dimensional Z(N) gauge theories for N < or = 4 in terms of the effective potential for electric and magnetic monopoles.

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Title: Comment on phase transitions in Z(N) gauge theories
Creators: T Banks
D Horn
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Publication Details: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Vol.21:8(8), pp.2423-2424
Date published: 04/15/1980
Academic Unit: New High Energy Theory Center
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Identifiers: 991031665261504646