Abstract
We present Monte Carlo evidence of a first-order phase transition in four-dimensional SO(3) lattice gauge theory. This result stands in sharp contrast to the known single-phase structure of the corresponding SU(2) theory, and suggests that the Z/sub 2/ center degrees of freedom may be important to the thermodynamics of the SU(2) gauge system.
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