Topological susceptibility of SU(N) gauge theories at finite temperature
Date
2004ISSN
1029-8479Source
Journal of High Energy PhysicsVolume
8Issue
9Pages
631-639Google Scholar check
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We investigate the large-N behavior of the topological susceptibility χ in four-dimensional SU(N) gauge theories at finite temperature, and in particular across the finite-temperature transition at Tc. For this purpose, we consider the lattice formulation of the SU(N) gauge theories and perform Monte Carlo simulations for N = 4, 6. The results indicate that χ has a nonvanishing large-N limit for T Tc. © SISSA/ISAS 2004.