No coincidence of center percolation and deconfinement in SU(4) lattice gauge theory

作者:Dirnberger Michael; Gattringer Christof*; Maas Axel
来源:Physics Letters B, 2012, 716(3-5): 465-469.
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2012.09.001

摘要

We study the behavior of center sectors in pure SU(4) lattice gauge theory at finite temperature. The center sectors are defined as spatial clusters of neighboring sites with values of their local Polyakov loops near the same center elements. We study the connectedness and percolation properties of the center clusters across the deconfinement transition. We show that for SU(4) gauge theory deconfinement cannot be described as a percolation transition of center clusters, a finding which is different from pure SU(2) or pure SU(3) Yang-Mills theory, where the percolation description even allows for a continuum limit.

  • 出版日期2012-10-2