Lattice study of the confinement/deconfinement transition in rotating gluodynamics

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We study the influence of relativistic rotation on the confinement/deconfinement phase transition in gluodynamics by means of lattice simulations.

• The simulation is performed in the reference frame which rotates with the system under investigation, where rotation is reduced to external gravitational field.
• The Polyakov loop and its susceptibility are calculated for various lattice parameters and values of angular velocities which are characteristic for heavy-ion collision experiments.
• Different types of boundary conditions (open, periodic, Dirichlet) are imposed in directions, orthogonal to rotation axis.