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On the largeN c limit of theSU(N c ) colour quark-gluon partition function

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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The ideal,SU(N c ) coloured, quark-gluon gas partition function is considered, taking the global colour-singlet condition into account. The coloursinglet condition leads to finite volume corrections to the thermodynamical quantities of the gas. Possible effects of these finite volume corrections on lattice QCD at a finite temperature are discussed. Recent Monte Carlo evaluations of the energy density inSU(2) andSU(3) Yang-Mills lattice gauge theories are consistent with such corrections. In the largeN c -limit, a phase transition is exhibited which, formally, has the same origin as a largeN c -limit phase transition in the two-dimensionalSU(N c ) lattice gauge theory.

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Skagerstam, B.S. On the largeN c limit of theSU(N c ) colour quark-gluon partition function. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 24, 97–101 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576294

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