Center Dominance, Center Vortices, and Confinement
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We present a variety of numerical data supporting the Center Vortex theory of confinement. A method is introduced for identifying the location of center vortices, in thermalized gauge-field configurations generated by lattice Monte Carlo. Fluctuations in the number of such vortices, linked to fundamental representation Wilson loops, appear to be responsible for the asymptotic string tension extracted from those loops.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9708023,
title = {Center Dominance, Center Vortices, and Confinement},
author = {L. Del Debbio and M. Faber and J. Greensite and S. Olejnik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9708023},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited talk by J. Greensite at the Nato Workshop "New Developments in Quantum Field Theory," Zakopane, Poland (June 1997). 19 pages, including 21 figures, Latex2e. Uses plenum.sty