Center-symmetric Landau gauge, the deconfinement transition and the gluon propagator as seen in lattice QCD

Abstract

We address the lattice computation of the gluon propagator in the center-symmetric Landau gauge. After discussing a proper lattice implementation of the center-symmetric Landau gauge, we compare the lattice data with analytical results, and we identify various signatures of center symmetry breaking.

Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures, QCHS24 proceedings