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We study analytically and numerically the three-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory at finite temperature in the dual formulation. For an appropriate disorder operator, we obtain the renormalization group equations describing the critical behavior of the model in the vicinity of the deconfinement phase transition. These equations are used to check the validity of the Svetitsky-Yaffe conjecture regarding the critical behavior of the lattice U(1) model. Furthermore, we perform numerical simulations of the model for N t = 1, 2, 4, 8 and compute, by a cluster algorithm, the dual correlation functions and the corresponding second moment correlation length. In this way we locate the position of the critical point and calculate critical indices.
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Borisenko, O., Chelnokov, V., Gravina, M. et al. Deconfinement and universality in the 3D U(1) lattice gauge theory at finite temperature: study in the dual formulation. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 62 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2015)062
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