2005/03/24 by M. D'Elia, Massimo D’Elia, A. Di Giacomo +6 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Color confinement #Condensation #Condensed matter physics #Dual (grammatical number) #Geometry #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Magnetic monopole #Mathematics #Order (exchange) #Particle physics #Physics #QCD vacuum #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum chromodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Scaling #Superconductivity #Thermodynamics #Transition point #Transition temperature #hep-lat #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.71.114502
published as Phys.Rev.D71:114502,2005 · 6 pages, 3 eps figures, REVTex4
arxiv created 2005/03/24 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A scaling analysis is made of the order parameter describing monopole condensation at the deconfining transition of Nf=2 QCD around the chiral point. In accordance with scaling properties of the specific heat, studied in a previous paper, scaling is consistent with a first order transition. The status of dual superconductivity of the vacuum as a mechanism of color confinement is reviewed.