Speaker
Description
I discuss calculations of the Polyakov loop and of Polyakov loop correlators using lattice gauge theory.
I briefly review recent calculations (since Conf. 2014) of the Polyakov loop and static quark correlators.
I cover in detail results in QCD with 2+1 flavors and almost physical quark masses using the highly improved staggered quark action (HISQ).
I examine the short- and long-distance regimes of the correlators and discuss the color-screening in the thermal medium.
I elucidate how the Polyakov loop and related observables behave in the crossover region and how these observables probe the deconfinement aspects of the crossover.
I study the onset of weak-coupling behavior at high temperatures and short distances.
Summary
I discuss calculations of the Polyakov loop and of Polyakov loop correlators using lattice gauge theory.
I briefly review recent calculations (since Conf. 2014) of the Polyakov loop and static quark correlators.
I cover in detail results in QCD with 2+1 flavors and almost physical quark masses using the highly improved staggered quark action (HISQ).
I examine the short- and long-distance regimes of the correlators and discuss the color-screening in the thermal medium.
I elucidate how the Polyakov loop and related observables behave in the crossover region and how these observables probe the deconfinement aspects of the crossover.
I study the onset of weak-coupling behavior at high temperatures and short distances.
