Topological susceptibility at zero and finite T in SU(3) Yang-Mills theory

1996/05/31 by B. Allés, M. D'Elia, A. Di Giacomo · 12 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00205-8

published as Nucl.Phys.B494:281-292,1997; Erratum-ibid.B679:397-399,2004 · Recently appeared erratum added as an "Appendix" to the original paper

openalex publication_date 1997/06/01 · arxiv created 2004/03/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We determine the topological susceptibility χ at T=0 in pure SU(3) gauge theory and its behaviour at finite T across the deconfining transition. We use an improved topological charge density operator. χ drops sharply by one order of magnitude at the deconfining temperature T_c.

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