Local QCD Action at Finite Temperature

Abstract

In this article, we carefully derive the horizon condition at finite temperature. Only the zero Matsubara mode is affected, and this result is consistent with the suitably modified Maggiore-Schaden shift, which takes into account temporal periodicity. We thus obtain a local, BRST-invariant action for QCD at finite temperature. The large-N limit and other calculational schemes for the magnetic mass and its relation to the Gribov mass are also discussed.