Speaker
Kari Rummukainen
(University of Helsinki)
Description
SU($N$) pure gauge theories have a first order confinement-deconfinement phase transition when $N \ge 3$, and are prototype models for studying strongly coupled phase transitions. We use lattice simulations to determine the surface tension in SU($N$) gauge theory up to $N=16$. We observe that the surface tension $\sigma$ scales as $N^2$, and in the continuum limit can be described with $\sigma/T_c^3 = -0.16(4) + 0.0173(11) N^2$ ($N \ge 4$).
Authors
Ahmed Salami
(University of Helsinki)
Kari Rummukainen
(University of Helsinki)
Tobias Rindlisbacher
(University of Bern)
