Measuring interface tensions in 4d SU(N) lattice gauge theories

2004/09/27 by Biagio Lucini, Lucini, Biagio, Philippe de Forcrand +3 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Theoretical and Computational Physics #hep-lat

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-lat/0409148

Talk presented at Lattice2004(topology), Fermilab, June 21-26, 2004; 3 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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Abstract

We propose a new algorithm to compute the order-order interface tension in SU(N) lattice gauge theories. The algorithm is trivially generalizable to a variety of models, e.g., spin models. In the case N=3, via the perfect wetting hypothesis, we can estimate the order-disorder interface tension. In the case N=4, we study the ratio of dual k-tensions and find that it satisfies Casimir scaling down to T=1.2 T_c.

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