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arxiv: hep-th/9511113 · v2 · submitted 1995-11-15 · ✦ hep-th

QCD Pressure at Two Loops in the Temporal Gauge

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keywords gaugepressureloopsprescriptiontemporalagreesapplycolours
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We apply the method of \underline{zeta} functions, together with the $n_\mu^*$-prescription for the temporal gauge, to evaluate the thermodynamic pressure in QCD at finite temperature $T$. Working in the imaginary-time formalism and employing a special version of the unified-gauge prescription, we show that the pure-gauge contribution to the pressure at two loops is given by $P_2^{\mbox{{\scriptsize gauge}}} = -(g^2/144)N_cN_gT^4$, where $N_c$ and $N_g$ denote the number of colours and gluons, respectively. This result agrees with the value in the Feynman gauge.

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