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Center Vortices and the Asymptotic String Tension

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We present a method for locating center vortices (``fluxons'') in thermalized lattice gauge field configurations. We find evidence, in lattice Monte Carlo simulations, that the asymptotic string tension of fundamental-representation Wilson loops is due to fluctuations in the number of center vortices linking those loops.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9709032,
  title  = {Center Vortices and the Asymptotic String Tension},
  author = {L. Del Debbio and M. Faber and J. Greensite and S. Olejnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9709032},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Talk presented at Lattice 97. 3 pages, 2 figures, Latex. Uses espcrc2.sty and psfig.sty