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Calorons in SU(3) lattice gauge theory

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We examine the semiclassical content of SU(3) Yang Mills theory on the lattice at finite temperature. Employing the cooling method, a set of classical fields is generated from a Monte Carlo ensemble. Various operators are used to inspect this set with respect to topological properties. We find pseudoparticle fields, so-called caloron solutions, possessing the remarkable features of (superpositions of) Kraan-van Baal solutions, i.e. extensions of Harrington-Shepard calorons to generic values of the holonomy.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0503020,
  title  = {Calorons in SU(3) lattice gauge theory},
  author = {E. -M. Ilgenfritz and M. Müller-Preussker and D. Peschka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0503020},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 16 figures