Order of the deconfining phase transition in pure-gauge QCD
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1988
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We study the behavior of the string tension in the SU(3) lattice pure-gauge theory close to the deconfining critical point. We find very large correlation lengths, increasing with the lattice size. This result is strongly suggestive of a second-order phase transition, and excludes the presence of a strong first-order transition.
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© 1988 American Physical Society. We acknowledge useful discussions with T. Banks, U. Marini Bettolo, R. Medina, S. Shenker, and A. Ukawa.