Magnetic strings as part of Yang-Mills plasma
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2017-08-23 v1 Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Theory
Plasma Physics
Abstract
Magnetic strings are defined as infinitely thin surfaces which are closed in the vacuum and can be open on an external monopole trajectory (that is, defined by 't Hooft loop). We review briefly lattice data on the magnetic strings which refer mostly to SU(2) and SU(3) pure Yang-Mills theories and concentrate on implications of the strings for the Yang-Mills plasma. We argue that magnetic strings might be a liquid component of the Yang-Mills plasma and suggest tests of this hypothesis.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0702245,
title = {Magnetic strings as part of Yang-Mills plasma},
author = {M. N. Chernodub and V. I. Zakharov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0702245},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
15 pages, no figures, uses ws-procs9x6 style. Talk by V.I.Z. at SCGT06 workshop, Nagoya, Japan (November 2006)