Visualisations of coherent centre

domains in local Polyakov loops

The YouTube videos below provide animations of the evolution of centre clusters. They are provided in support of the manuscript entitled "Visualisations of coherent centre domains in local Polyakov loops" available on the hep-lat arXiv. Higher resolutions are available by clicking on the cog in the bottom left of the player after starting the video or by following the link to YouTube.

In addition, links to 1080p mp4 video files (copyright University of Adelaide) are provided. If they are displayed in a public forum, attribution to "Finn Stokes, Waseem Kamleh and Derek Leinweber, CSSM, University of Adelaide." is gratefully appreciated. When appropriate, please include a citation to our manuscript arXiv:1312.0991.

This animation shows the evolution of center clusters in local Polyakov loops for pure SU(3) Yang-Mills theory. The centre cluster volumes are defined by the regions in which the phases of the Polyakov loops are sufficiently close to one of the three centre phases. We can observe deconfinement at T=307(4) MeV. Watch on YouTube or download as mp4 (456 MB).

This animation is the same as above, except with four sweeps of stout-link smearing applied to the gauge field configurations prior to calculating the Polyakov loops in order to remove small-scale noise. Watch on YouTube or download as mp4 (455 MB).

This animation is the same as the original, with no smearing, except the cluster volumes are based on peaks in the magnitude of the Polyakov loop rather than the distance of its phase from one of the centre phases. Watch on YouTube or download as mp4 (466 MB).

This animation is the same as the previous animation, except four sweeps of stout link smearing have been applied to the gauge field. Watch on YouTube or download as mp4 (451 MB).