Wilson loops at finite temperature

Enrique Alvarez; Agustin Nieto

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.41.3857

Access by Xinjiang University

Wilson loops at finite temperature

Enrique Alvarez and Agustin Nieto

Departamento de Física Teórica, C-XI, Universidad Autónoma 28049 Madrid, Spain

PDF

Phys. Rev. D 41, 3857 – Published 15 June, 1990

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.3857

Abstract

We study the behavior of Wilson lines at finite temperature in the simple situation in which there are only one or two Wilson lines present, and the topology of the spacetime is $R^{2} \times S^{1} \times S^{1}$ . We find that the pattern of symmetry breaking is not affected by thermal fluctuations in this case and, in particular, the symmetry is not restored above a characteristic temperature.

References (8)

M. B. Green, J. Schwarz, and E. Witten, Superstring Theory (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1987)
Y. Hosotani, Phys. Lett. 126B, 309 (1983) ibid.129B, 193 (1983)
M. Evans and B. A. Ovrut, Phys. Lett. B 174, 63 (1986)
D. Birmingham, R. Kantowski, and K. A. Milton, Phys. Rev. D 38, 1809 (1988)
K. Lee, R. Holman, and E. W. Kolb, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1069 (1987)
K. Shiraishi, Prog. Theor. Phys. 78, 535 (1987)
James E. Hetrick and Choon-Lin Ho, Phys. Rev. D 40, 4085 (1989)
E. Alvarez, Nucl. Phys. B269, 596 (1986)

[c1] M. B. Green, J. Schwarz, and E. Witten, Superstring Theory (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1987)

[c2] Y. Hosotani, Phys. Lett. 126B, 309 (1983) ibid.129B, 193 (1983)

[c3] M. Evans and B. A. Ovrut, Phys. Lett. B 174, 63 (1986)

[c4] D. Birmingham, R. Kantowski, and K. A. Milton, Phys. Rev. D 38, 1809 (1988)

[c5] K. Lee, R. Holman, and E. W. Kolb, Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 1069 (1987)

[c6] K. Shiraishi, Prog. Theor. Phys. 78, 535 (1987)

[c7] James E. Hetrick and Choon-Lin Ho, Phys. Rev. D 40, 4085 (1989)

[c8] E. Alvarez, Nucl. Phys. B269, 596 (1986)

Physical Review D

Export citation

Export citation

Wilson loops at finite temperature

Abstract

References (8)

Outline

Information

Filter

Filter

Article Lookup

Enter a citation