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Vortex free energies in SO(3) and SU(2) lattice gauge theory

Philippe de Forcrand, Oliver Jahn

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/0209060

Abstract

Lattice gauge theories with gauge groups SO(3) and SU(2) are compared. The free energy of electric twist, an order parameter for the confinement-deconfinement transition which does not rely on centre-symmetry breaking, is measured in both theories. The results are used to calibrate the scale in SO(3).

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