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Metastable nonconfining states in SU(3) lattice gauge theory with sextet fermions

Olga Machtey·Benjamin Svetitsky
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We study the SU(3) lattice gauge theory, with two flavors of sextet Wilson-clover fermions, near its finite-temperature phase transition. We find metastable states that have Wilson line expectation values whose complex phases are near 2pi/3 or pi. The true equilibrium phase at these couplings and temperatures has its Wilson line oriented only towards the positive real axis, in agreement with perturbation theory.

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Olga Machtey, Benjamin Svetitsky. 2009-12-17. Metastable nonconfining states in SU(3) lattice gauge theory with sextet fermions. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.81.014501

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