14–17 Jul 2026
Pukyong National University
Asia/Seoul timezone

Centre vortices in thermal QCD: evidence of an intermediate “phase”

17 Jul 2026, 12:10
20m
Pukyong Convention Hall (Pukyong National University)

Pukyong Convention Hall

Pukyong National University

Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, 48513, South Korea
Oral presentation (contributed) Scientific Contributions Contributed Talks

Speaker

Chris Allton (Swansea University)

Description

A study of centre vortices is presented on anisotropic, dynamical QCD lattices from the FASTSUM collaboration. Results are discussed across a broad sweep of temperatures up to >500 MeV. Centre vortex percolation, connectivity and other properties are analysed, supporting the existence of an intermediate QCD “phase” above Tc that maintains confinement.

Authors

Chris Allton (Swansea University) Prof. Derek Leinweber (CSSM, University of Adelaide) Jackson Mickley (Adelaide University) Riordan de Vries (Swansea University) Ryan Bignell (Trinity College, Dublin) Thakur Giriraj Hiranandani (University of Queensland) Vanessa Robins (Australian National University)

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