Numerical test of Polyakov loop models in high temperature SU(2)

Abstract

We study the compatibility of effective mean-field models of the Polyakov loop for the deconfined phase of SU(N) pure gauge theories with lattice data obtained for the case of SU(2), in the temperature range T_c - 4.8 T_c.

Comments: Poster presented at Lattice2004(non-zero), Fermilab, June 21-26, 2004; 3 pages, 4 figures, uses espcrc2.sty