Phase-transition behavior of the continuum SU(2) gauge theory at finite temperature

The effective systems corresponding to the infrared sector of the original continuum gauge theory are studied. The emphasis is on the phase-transition behavior. The effective potential is shown to display the features known in the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The phase transition depends on the value of...

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Published in:Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 1990-11, Vol.42 (10), p.3554-3566
Main Author: BOHACIK, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
645300 - High Energy Physics- Particle Invariance Principles & Symmetries
645400 - High Energy Physics- Field Theory
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields
COLOR MODEL
COMPOSITE MODELS
COUPLING CONSTANTS
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
Exact sciences and technology
FIELD THEORIES
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physics
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Quantum mechanics
QUARK MODEL
RENORMALIZATION
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
ULTRAVIOLET DIVERGENCES
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Summary:The effective systems corresponding to the infrared sector of the original continuum gauge theory are studied. The emphasis is on the phase-transition behavior. The effective potential is shown to display the features known in the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The phase transition depends on the value of the (renormalized) coupling constant. The numerical value of the critical coupling or the critical temperature is in agreement with lattice calculations.
ISSN:0556-2821
1089-4918
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.42.3554