Gluon thermodynamics at intermediate coupling.
We calculate the thermodynamic functions of Yang-Mills theory to three-loop order using the hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory reorganization of finite temperature quantum field theory. We show that at three-loop order hard-thermal-loop perturbation theory is compatible with lattice results for the pressure, energy density, and entropy down to temperatures T approximately 2-3T{c}.
Andersen
Jens O
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Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Strickland
Michael
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