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QCD monopoles, abelian projections and gauge invariance

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2018-03-08 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

It is shown that the creation of a monopole is a gauge invariant statement, based on topology. Creating a monopole is independent on the abelian projection in which it is created. This is fundamental in defining an order parameter for detecting dual superconductivity of the QCD vacuum.

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@article{arxiv.1707.07896,
  title  = {QCD monopoles, abelian projections and gauge invariance},
  author = {Adriano Di Giacomo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.07896},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Extended version with more discussion added