Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1994-10-07
Nucl.Phys. B448 (1995) 399-426
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
26 pages + 10 Figures (included as uuencoded FIFURES.uu file at the end), Latex, BI-TP 94/52, TIFR/TH/94-31
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00120-H
We study the three dimensional fundamental-adjoint $SU(2)$ lattice gauge theory at non-zero temperatures by Monte Carlo simulations. On an $8^3 \times 2$ lattice, at $\beta_A = 1.1$, where $\beta_A$ is the adjoint coupling, we find no evidence of any transition at the location of a previously known bulk phase transition around $\beta = 1.33$. Moreover, the deconfinement transition at $ \beta_A = 1.1$ occurs at $\beta=1.20$ and is of first order for $\beta_A \ge 1.1$, thus implying a change of universality class from that of the Wilson action at $\beta_A=0$. Computations of the plaquette susceptibility and the temporal and spatial Polyakov loops on $8^3 \times 4$ and $16^3 \times 8$ lattices at $\beta_A = 1.1$ further support these conclusions and suggest that the previously claimed bulk transition around $\beta = 1.33$ is, in fact, the first order deconfinement transition. Simulations at larger $\beta_A$ and the measurements of the mass gaps from the correlation functions of temporal and spatial Polyakov loops also confirm the temperature dependent nature of the above transition. The consequences of our results on universality are discussed.
Gavai Rajiv V.
Mathur Manu
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