Center-symmetric Landau gauge, the deconfinement transition and the gluon propagator as seen in lattice QCD

2025/05/22 by Duifje Maria van Egmond, van Egmond, Duifje Maria, Orlando Oliveira +9
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.16940

openalex publication_date 2025/05/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We address the lattice computation of the gluon propagator in the center-symmetric Landau gauge. After discussing a proper lattice implementation of the center-symmetric Landau gauge, we compare the lattice data with analytical results, and we identify various signatures of center symmetry breaking.

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