Abstract
The large- limit of the two-dimensional (Wilson) lattice gauge theory is explicitly evaluated for all fixed by steepest-descent methods. The dependence is discussed and a third-order phase transition, at , is discovered. The possible existence of such a weak- to strong-coupling third-order phase transition in the large- four-dimensional lattice gauge theory is suggested, and its meaning and implications are discussed.
- Received 10 July 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.21.446
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