Partial deconfinement in gauge theories

2019/11/26 by Masanori Hanada, Hanada, Masanori, Goro Ishiki +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1911.11465

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Abstract

We provide the evidence for the existence of partially deconfined phase in large-N gauge theory. In this phase, the SU(M) subgroup of SU(N) gauge group deconfines, where (M)/(N) changes continuously from zero (confined phase) to one (deconfined phase). The partially deconfined phase may exist in real QCD with N=3.

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