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Dual gluons and monopoles in 2+1 dimensional Yang-Mills theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

2+1-dimensional Yang-Mills theory is reinterpreted in terms of metrics on 3-manifolds. The dual gluons are related to diffeomorphisms of the 3-manifold. Monopoles are identified with points where the Ricci tensor has triply degenerate eigenvalues. The dual gluons have the desired interaction with these monopoles. This would give a mass for the dual gluons resulting in confinement.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9806148,
  title  = {Dual gluons and monopoles in 2+1 dimensional Yang-Mills theory},
  author = {Ramesh Anishetty and Pushan Majumdar and H. S. Sharatchandra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9806148},
  year   = {2009}
}

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revtex, 9 pages