Confinement versus chiral symmetry.

Phys Rev Lett

The Niels Bohr Institute & NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

Published: May 2004

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study presents a model that explains the connection between color deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration in high-temperature gauge theories with quarks.
  • For quarks represented in the adjoint form, deconfinement and the chiral transition might not happen simultaneously, but there is still a relationship between the two.
  • The research also explores how these transitions behave when influenced by chemical potential.

Article Abstract

We construct an effective Lagrangian which illustrates why color deconfines when chiral symmetry is restored in hot gauge theories with quarks in the fundamental representation. For quarks in the adjoint representation we show that, while deconfinement and the chiral transition do not need to coincide, entanglement between them is still present. Extension to the chemical potential driven transition is discussed.

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