Partial deconfinement at strong coupling on the lattice

Abstract

We provide evidence for partial deconfinement — the deconfinement of a SU( M ) subgroup of the SU( N ) gauge group — by using lattice Monte Carlo simulations. We take matrix models as concrete examples. By appropriately fixing the gauge, we observe that the M × M submatrices deconfine. This gives direct evidence for partial deconfinement at strong coupling. We discuss the applications to QCD and holography.

Enrico Rinaldi

Research Scientist

My research interests include artificial intelligence and quantum computing applied to particle physics and quantum many-body systems.