Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
2003-02-08
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 114508
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
12 pages, 3 figures. Some changes in the discussion, added references, results unchanged. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.114508
We discuss the spectrum of screening masses in a pure gauge theory near the deconfinement temperature from the point of view of the dimensionally reduced model describing the spontaneous breaking of the center symmetry. Universality arguments can be used to predict the values of the mass ratios in the scaling region of the deconfined phase when the transition is of second order. One such prediction is that the scalar sector of the screening spectrum in SU(2) pure gauge theory contains a bound state of the fundamental excitation, corresponding through universality to the bound state found in the 3D Ising model and phi^4 theory in the broken symmetry phase. A Monte Carlo evaluation of the screening masses in the gauge theory confirms the validity of the prediction. We briefly discuss the possibility of using similar arguments for first order deconfinement transitions, and in particular for the physically relevant case of SU(3).
Fiore Roberto
Papa Alessandro
Provero Paolo
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