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Center Vortices at N > 4 Colors

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We discuss two issues related to the physics of center vortices in pure SU(N) lattice gauge theory at large N: (1) Center vortices are stable classical solutions of the Wilson action, as well as of a wide class of improved lattice actions, for any N > 4. (2) The natural scaling of k-string tensions at large N, in the vortex picture of confinement, is \sigma(k)=k \sigma(1). This is the common large N limit of Casimir and Sine Law scaling. The crucial feature for explaining this behavior is the existence of center monopoles.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0209138,
  title  = {Center Vortices at N > 4 Colors},
  author = {J. Greensite and S. Olejnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0209138},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 pages, Lattice2002(topology)