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arXiv:hep-ph/0007074·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology

Deconfinement in QCD at Finite Temperature

F. M. Steffens (Sao Paulo U.)🇧🇷

Abstract

We present a simple and intuitive picture for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at finite temperature: as the temperature increases, QCD behaves like QED at T=0. We show this by calculating the QCD coupling constant as a function of the temperature and of the external momenta used to probe quarks and gluons.

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures