PARTITION-FUNCTION FOR THE EIGENVALUES OF THE WILSON LINE

被引:40
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GOCKSCH, A
PISARSKI, RD
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[1] Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton
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10.1016/0550-3213(93)90123-7
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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In a gauge theory at nonzero temperature the eigenvalues of the Wilson line form a set of gauge invariant observables. By constructing the corresponding partition function for the phases of these eigenvalues, we prove that the trivial vacuum, where the phases vanish, is a minimum of the free energy.
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