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