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Laplacian gauge and instantons

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We exhibit the connection between local gauge singularities in the Laplacian gauge and topological charge, which opens the possibility of studying instanton excitations without cooling. We describe our version of Laplacian gauge-fixing for SU(N).

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0010093,
  title  = {Laplacian gauge and instantons},
  author = {Ph. de Forcrand and M. Pepe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0010093},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Lattice 2000 (Topology and Vacuum), 4 pages, 3 figures -- cosmetic changes

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