TY - JOUR
T1 - Center clusters and their percolation properties in lattice QCD
AU - Danzer, Julia
AU - Gattringer, Christof
AU - Borsanyi, Szabolcs
AU - Fodor, Zoltan
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Properties of local Polyakov loops are studied in finite temperature lattice QCD and SU(3) lattice gauge theory. We evaluate local Polyakov loops, identify the closest center element for each loop and investigate cluster properties of these center phases. For a suitable definition of the clusters we find that the deconfinement transition of pure SU(3) gauge theory may be characterized by percolation of the center clusters. For the case of full QCD cluster observables show a behavior which seems to be compatible with a smooth crossover type of transition.
AB - Properties of local Polyakov loops are studied in finite temperature lattice QCD and SU(3) lattice gauge theory. We evaluate local Polyakov loops, identify the closest center element for each loop and investigate cluster properties of these center phases. For a suitable definition of the clusters we find that the deconfinement transition of pure SU(3) gauge theory may be characterized by percolation of the center clusters. For the case of full QCD cluster observables show a behavior which seems to be compatible with a smooth crossover type of transition.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84945905672
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 105
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
T2 - 28th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Lattice 2010
Y2 - 14 June 2010 through 19 June 2010
ER -