https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5392-6
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Improved thermodynamics of SU(2) gauge theory
1
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, 48149, Münster, Germany
2
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
* e-mail: p.giudice@uni-muenster.de
Received:
30
September
2017
Accepted:
16
November
2017
Published online:
2
December
2017
In this work we present the results of our investigation of the thermodynamics of SU(2) gauge theory. We employ a Symanzik improved action to reduce strongly the discretisations effects, and we use the scaling relations to take into account the finite volume effects close to the critical temperature. We determine the 
-function for this particular theory and we use it in the determination of different thermodynamic observables. Finally we compare our results with previous work where only the standard Wilson action was considered. We confirm the relevance of using the improved action to access easily the correct continuum thermodynamics of the theory.
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