Comment on phase transitions in Z(N) gauge theories

T. Banks; D. Horn

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2423

Comment on phase transitions in Z(N) gauge theories

T. Banks, D. Horn

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We present an intuitive explanation of the first-order nature of the phase transitions in the four-dimensional Z(N) gauge theories for N4 in terms of the effective potential for electric and magnetic monopoles.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2423-2424
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2423
State	Published - 1980
Externally published	Yes

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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