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Description
We present a study of the equation of state in finite-temperature non-Abelian gauge theory for isotropic and anisotropic lattices, where the temperature $T$ is varied by changing the temporal lattice size $N_t$ at fixed lattice scale $a$. We compute the trace anomaly and the corresponding pressure/energy density and show the lattice spacing, as well as the volume dependence, with the corresponding the jackknife statistical error analysis. We also present results of the Casimir potential and the Casimir mass in $SU(2)$ at zero-temperature in $(2+1)$ spacetime dimensions, studied through the introduction of two parallel chmomoelectric wires separated by a distance $R$ on the lattice plaquettes. We show that the attractive Casimir interaction varies exponentially with the distance between the wires and is damped at large separation between the wires.
Level for award;(Hons, MSc, PhD, N/A)?
PhD
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