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Topological susceptibility of SU(N) gauge theories at finite temperature

Debbio, Luigi Del and Panagopoulos, Haralambos and Vicari, Ettore (2004) Topological susceptibility of SU(N) gauge theories at finite temperature. Journal of High Energy Physics, 028 . ISSN 1029-8479

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Abstract

We investigate the large-N behavior of the topological susceptibility in four-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories at finite temperature, and in particular across the finite-temperature transition at Tc. For this purpose, we consider the lattice formulation of the SU(N) gauge theories and perform Monte Carlo simulations for N=4,6. The results indicate that the topological susceptibility has a nonvanishing large-N limit for T<Tc, as at T=0, and that the topological properties remain substantially unchanged in the low-temperature phase. On the other hand, above the deconfinement phase transition, the topological susceptibility shows a large suppression. The comparison between the data for N=4 and N=6 hints at a vanishing large-N limit for T>Tc.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Imported from arXiv
Subjects: Area02 - Scienze fisiche > FIS/02 - Fisica teorica, modelli e metodi matematici
Divisions: Dipartimenti (until 2012) > DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA " E. FERMI"
Depositing User: dott.ssa Sandra Faita
Date Deposited: 09 Apr 2015 16:04
Last Modified: 09 Apr 2015 16:04
URI: http://eprints.adm.unipi.it/id/eprint/1842

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