The Effective String of 3D Gauge Systems at the Deconfining Transition

TL;DR

This paper proposes that the effective string in 3D gauge systems at the deconfining transition is universally described by a specific superconformal theory, predicting a universal critical temperature.

Contribution

It introduces a universal description of the effective string at the deconfining transition using the minimal N=2 superconformal theory at c=1.

Findings

Universal description of the effective string at the transition

Prediction of a universal critical temperature

Connection to N=2 superconformal theory

Abstract

It is argued that the effective string of whatever 3D gauge system at the deconfining transition is universally described by the minimal $N=2$ extended superconformal theory at $c=1$. A universal value of the critical temperature is predicted.