Relation between color-deconfinement and chiral restoration

Abstract

We discuss the relation between the Polyakov loop and the chiral order parameter at finite temperature by using an effective model. We clarify why and how the pseudo-critical temperature associated with the Polyakov loop should coincide with that of the chiral condensate.

Comments: Contributed to the XXI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice2003(nonzero)), Tsukuba, July 15-19, 2003