What is the order of the deconfining phase transition?

Abstract

The techniques are discussed by which the order of the deconfining phase transition is investigated on the lattice. QCD with $N_f=2$ is a special case, which can provide information on the mechanism of confinement.

Comments: Talk at QCD 2003, Montpellier, July 2003, to appear in the proceedings. 4 pages, 1 figure