Abstract

The effect of fermions on finite-temperature SU(N) deconfinement phase transitions is investigated by rewriting SU(N) lattice gauge theory in d + 1 dimensions as an effective d-dimensional Z(N)-symmetric spin theory with a fermion-induced symmetry-breaking term. Upon performing a strong-coupling and hopping-parameter expansion this becomes the N-state clock model with a magnetic field. Predictions are made regarding deconfinement phase transitions.

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