Magnetic monopoles in hot QCD

Abstract

In this talk we review how a dilute gas of magnetic monopoles in the adjoint describes the spatial k-Wilson loops. We formulate an effective theory from $S_{MQCD}$ by integrating out dof's down to scales in between the magnetic screening mass and the string tension and relate the 3d pressure and the string tension. Lattice data are consistent with the gas being dilute for all temperatures.

Comments: 7 pages, two figures, talk given at Continuous Advances in QCD, Minneapolis, May 2006