{
  "id": "hep-lat/9709021",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1997-09-09T23:17:44.000Z",
  "updated": "1997-09-09T23:17:44.000Z",
  "title": "Dual variables for the SU(2) lattice gauge theory at finite temperature",
  "authors": [
    "Srinath Cheluvaraja"
  ],
  "comment": "13 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures are included in the latex file",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev. D58 (1998) 074508",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevD.58.074508",
  "categories": [
    "hep-lat"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the three-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory at finite temperature using an observable which is dual to the Wilson line. This observable displays a behaviour which is the reverse of that seen for the Wilson line. It is non-zero in the confined phase and becomes zero in the deconfined phase. At large distances, it's correlation function falls off exponentially in the deconfined phase and remains non-zero in the confined phase. The dual variable is non-local and has a string attached to it which creates a Z(2) interface in the system. It's correlation function measures the string tension between oppositely oriented Z(2) domains. The construction of this variable can also be made in the four-dimensional theory where it measures the surface tension between oppositely oriented Z(2) domains.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1997-09-09T23:17:44.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "lattice gauge theory",
      "finite temperature",
      "dual variable",
      "wilson line",
      "deconfined phase"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. D"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 13,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 448198
    }
  }
}