English

Confinement without a center: the exceptional group G(2)

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss theories with the exceptional centerless gauge group G(2), paying attention to confinement and the pattern of chiral symmetry breaking. Exploiting the Higgs mechanism to break the symmetry down to SU(3), we also present how the familiar features of confinement and chiral symmetry breaking of SU(3) gauge theories reemerge. G(2) gauge theories show up as an unusual theoretical framework to study SU(3) gauge theories without the ``luxury'' of a center.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0209093,
  title  = {Confinement without a center: the exceptional group G(2)},
  author = {K. Holland and P. Minkowski and M. Pepe and U. -J. Wiese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0209093},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 pages, 1 figure, Lattice2002 (Topology and Confinement)

R2 v1 2026-07-22T13:13:17.971Z