An new order parameter with renormalized Polyakov loops

TL;DR

The paper proposes a new order parameter for the confinement/deconfinement phase transition based on the temperature independence of heavy quark potentials at short distances, supported by lattice study insights.

Contribution

It introduces a novel order parameter derived from renormalized Polyakov loops, leveraging lattice results to improve understanding of phase transitions in QCD.

Findings

Heavy quark potentials become temperature independent at short distances.

The new order parameter effectively indicates the confinement/deconfinement transition.

Lattice studies support the proposed order parameter's validity.

Abstract

It is well established that physical quantities like the heavy quark potentials get temperature independent at sufficiently short distances. As a first application of this feature we suggest a new order parameter for the confinement/deconfinement phase transition. Our investigations are based on recent lattice studies.