Abstract
An adjoint Higgs field with coupling βH is added to the Wilson lattice SU(2) in order to study the interpolation between the pure SU(2) (βH=0) and pure U(1) (βH=∞) gauge theories. Monte Carlo simulations support our theoretical expectation that the deconfinement transition of the U(1) theory connects to the O(3) Higgs transition to produce a two-phase structure in the β−βH plane. Implications for the physics of SU(2) confinement and for the continuum limit of the Georgi-Glashow model are discussed.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3319-3324 |
| Journal | Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology) |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - 1982 |