No Z_N - bubbles in hot Yang-Mills theory

1994/09/28 by A. V. Smilga, A.V. Smilga, Smilga, A. V. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9409174

An invited talk presented on the ICHEP-94 conference. LaTeX, 9 pages

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Abstract

Pure Yang-Mills theory at high temperature is considered. We show that no distinct Z_N- phases separated by domain walls do exist in the physical Minkowski space. That means the absense of the spontaneous breaking of Z_N- symmetry in the physical meaning of this word.

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