Nonperturbative approach to Yang-Mills thermodynamics

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4123-4216

  Hofmann, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bose condensation; Caloron; Center vortex loop; Complete confinement; Hagedorn transition; Holonomy; Magnetic monopole; Planck scale axion; Polyakov loop expectation; Preconfinement; Thermal gauge theories; Thermal ground state; Thermal quasiparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344433910     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X05023931     Document Type: Review

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