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Probing the non-perturbative dynamics of SU(2) vacuum

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

The vacuum dynamics of SU(2) lattice gauge theory is studied by means of a gauge-invariant effective action defined using the lattice Schr\"odinger functional. Numerical simulations are performed both at zero and finite temperature. The vacuum is probed using an external constant Abelian chromomagnetic field. The results suggest that at zero temperature the external field is screened in the continuum limit. On the other hand at finite temperature it seems that confinement is restored by increasing the strength of the applied field.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9903005,
  title  = {Probing the non-perturbative dynamics of SU(2) vacuum},
  author = {Paolo Cea and Leonardo Cosmai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9903005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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29 pages, 10 figures, LaTeX2e