Variational approach to Yang-Mills theory at finite temperatures

H. Reinhardt, D. R. Campagnari, and A. P. Szczepaniak
Phys. Rev. D 84, 045006 – Published 4 August 2011

Abstract

We study the finite-temperature phase of a gluon ensemble in a variational approximation to QCD in the Coulomb gauge. We derive and numerically solve the underlying Dyson-Schwinger equations up to one-loop order. Assuming the subcritical solution at T=0, we find a sharp transition in the infrared value of the gluon energy at a critical temperature.

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  • Received 1 June 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.045006

© 2011 American Physical Society

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H. Reinhardt1, D. R. Campagnari1, and A. P. Szczepaniak2

  • 1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
  • 2Physics Department and Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47403, USA

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Vol. 84, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2011

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