Renormalized Polyakov loop in the fixed scale approach

I compute the deconfinement order parameter for the SU(2) lattice gauge theory, the Polyakov loop, using the fixed scale approach for two different scales and show how one can obtain a physical, renormalized, order parameter. The generalization to other gauge theories, including quenched or full QCD, is straightforward. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.