Percolation and deconfinement in SU(2) gauge theory

Authors
Fortunato, S Satz, H
Citation
S. Fortunato et H. Satz, Percolation and deconfinement in SU(2) gauge theory, NUCL PH B-P, 83-4, 2000, pp. 452-454
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS
ISSN journal
09205632 → ACNP
Volume
83-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
452 - 454
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(200004)83-4:<452:PADISG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We show that deconfinement in SU(2) gauge theory can be described by the pe rcolation of site-bond clusters of like-sign Polyakov loops. In particular, we find that in 2+1 dimensions the percolation variables coincide with tho se of the 2-dimensional Ising model.