The q-state Potts field theory describes the universality class associated to the spontaneous breaking of the permutation symmetry of q colors. In two dimensions it is defined up to q=4 and exhibits duality and integrability away from critical temperature in absence of magnetic field. We show how, when a magnetic field is switched on, it provides the simplest model of confinement allowing for both mesons and baryons. Deconfined quarks (kinks) exist in a phase bounded by a first order transition on one side, and a second order transition on the other. The evolution of the mass spectrum with temperature and magnetic field is discussed.

Confinement in the q-state Potts field theory / Delfino, Gesualdo; Grinza, P.. - In: NUCLEAR PHYSICS. B. - ISSN 0550-3213. - 791:3(2008), pp. 265-283. [10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.09.003]

Confinement in the q-state Potts field theory

Delfino, Gesualdo;
2008-01-01

Abstract

The q-state Potts field theory describes the universality class associated to the spontaneous breaking of the permutation symmetry of q colors. In two dimensions it is defined up to q=4 and exhibits duality and integrability away from critical temperature in absence of magnetic field. We show how, when a magnetic field is switched on, it provides the simplest model of confinement allowing for both mesons and baryons. Deconfined quarks (kinks) exist in a phase bounded by a first order transition on one side, and a second order transition on the other. The evolution of the mass spectrum with temperature and magnetic field is discussed.
2008
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3
265
283
Delfino, Gesualdo; Grinza, P.
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