B. Beinlich et al., STRING TENSION AND THERMODYNAMICS WITH TREE LEVEL AND TADPOLE IMPROVED ACTIONS, Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement, 63, 1998, pp. 922-924
We calculate the string tension, deconfinement transition temperature
and bulk thermodynamic quantities of the SU(3) gauge theory using tree
level and tadpole improved actions. Finite temperature calculations h
ave been performed on lattices with temporal extent N-t = 3 and 4. We
also compare the cut-off effects in the high temperature limit for dif
ferent improved actions.