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Metastable nonconfining states in SU(3) lattice gauge theory with sextet fermions
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.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures; added a referenc
Thermodynamic limit of the canonical partition function with respect to the quark number in QCD
We investigate QCD in the canonical ensemble with respect to the quark
number. We reveal that the canonical description in which the quark number is
fixed would be reduced to the grand canonical description under the
thermodynamic limit. Since the grand canonical ensemble contains fluctuations
of the quark number, the idea of the canonical ensemble is of no use for the
purpose of defining order parameters for the deconfinement transition. We
clarify the origin of such reduction and propose an idea to define the order
parameter. The Monte-Carlo simulation by means of the spin system, which is an
effective model of QCD at finite temperature, shows prosperous behaviors though
the results suffer from the severe statistical error due to the sign problem.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, minor correction; misleading statement below
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