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The string tension of spacelike Wilson loops is computed in SU(3) lattice gauge theory in the high-temperature deconfined phase. Its physical value is extracted following the continuum limit. An upper bound for the length scale where nonperturbative fluctuations become dominant is computed. The value of the string tension and the nonperturbative length scale are very close to their zero-temperature counterparts.
Manousakis et al. (Mon,) studied this question.