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Properties of the deconfining phase transition in SU(N) gauge theories
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We extend our earlier investigation of the finite temperature deconfinement transition in SU(N) gauge theories, with the emphasis on what happens as N → ∞. We calculate the latent heat, Lh, in the continuum limit, and find the expected behaviour, Lh ∝ N2, at large N. We confirm that the phase transition, which is second order for SU(2) and weakly first order for SU(3), becomes robustly first order for N ≥ 4 and strengthens as N increases. As an aside, we explain why the SU(2) specific heat sh...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- Volume:
- 2005
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 783-826
- Publication date:
- 2005-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1029-8479
- ISSN:
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1029-8479
- Source identifiers:
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324749
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- English
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- pubs:324749
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- 2013-11-17
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- 2005
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