Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-01-30
Phys.Lett.B676:57-62,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
13 pages, 5 eps figures; v2: published version
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.04.078
We discuss a gauge-invariant prescription to take the mean-field approximation self-consistently in the PNJL model (Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model with the Polyakov loop). We first address the problem of non-vanishing color density in normal quark matter, which is an artifact arising from gauge-fixed treatment of the Polyakov loop mean-fields. We then confirm that the gauge average incorporated in our prescription resolves this problem and ensures color neutrality. We point out that the proposed method has an advantage in computing the expectation value of any function of the Polyakov loop matrix. We discuss the Casimir scaling as an immediate application of the method.
Abuki Hiroaki
Fukushima Kenji
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