Renormalized Polyakov loops in various representations in finite temperature SU(2) gauge theory

Abstract

We present results for the renormalized Polyakov loop in the three lowest irreducible representations of SU(2) gauge theory at finite temperature. We will discuss their scaling behavior near $T_c$ and test Casimir scaling in the deconfined phase. Moreover, we will compare these results to calculations for the renormalized Polyakov loops in several representations in the SU(3) gauge theory.

Comments: 7 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, talk presented at the XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, 14-19 July 2008, Williamsburg, VA, USA