出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:We study the adjoint SU(2) LGT by means of a suppression term for Z2 monopoles. High barriers
for tunnelling among different twist sectors are overcome through parallel tempering. Monopole
condensation is used to study the finite-temperature phase transition and the properties of the lowtemperature
phase. Ergodicity in summing over all twist sectors allows an unbiased measure of
the free energy of ’t Hooft vortices. Its behaviour in the SO(3) confined phase hints at differences
from what is conjectured for semi-integer discretizations.