# The Free Energy of Spherical Bubbles in Lattice SU(3) Gauge Theory

Source: [The Free Energy of Spherical Bubbles in Lattice SU(3) Gauge Theory](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa240e2c2a37601939ea4b>)

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Authors: K. Kajantie, Leo Karkkainen, K. Rummukainen

Published: 1992-04-23T10:14:31.000Z

## Abstract

We study the coefficients of the expansion $F(R) = 1/3 c\_3 R^3 + 1/2 c\_2 R^2 + c\_1 R$ of the free energy of spherical bubbles at $T=T\_c$ in pure glue QCD using lattice Monte Carlo techniques. The coefficient $c\_3$ vanishes at $T=T\_c$ and our results suggest that the sign and the order of magnitude of $c\_1$ is in agreement with the value $c\_1=\\pm 32\\pi T\_c^2/9$ (- for hadronic bubbles in quark phase, + for quark bubbles in hadronic phase) computed by Mardor and Svetitsky from the MIT bag model. The parameter $c\_2$ is small in agreement with earlier determinations.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9204013>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-lat/9204013.pdf>)