1998/01/17 by S. Bronoff, RAFFAELE BUFFA, R. Buffa +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Superconducting Materials and Applications #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9801333
10 pages including figures, LaTeX, uses epsfig and sprocl2
arxiv created 1998/01/17 · openalex publication_date 1998/01/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
One of the salient features of high temperature gluodynamics is the Z(N) groundstate degeneracy, key to the understanding of the transition. On the other hand impressive progress has been obtained with effective theories, that seemingly lack Z(N) symmetry. We give a simple unified desciption of the two. As a very useful byproduct we get a natural infrared regulator and show its expediency by calculating the next to leading order in the Debye mass. Higher order corrections to bulk free energy and domainwall surface tension are discussed.