The monopole mass in the random percolation gauge theory

Abstract

We study the behaviour of the monopole at finite temperature in the (2+1)-dimensional lattice gauge theory dual to the percolation model; by exploiting the correspondences to statistical systems, we possess powerful tools to evaluate the monopole mass both above and below the critical temperature with high-precision Monte Carlo simulations.

Comments: Talk presented at Lattice 2008 (Vacuum Structure and Confinement), Williamsburg, July 26-31, 2008; 7 pages, 4 figures; uses PoS.cls; to appear in Proceedings of Science