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String confinement in 2-form lattice gauge theory

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2019-12-30 v2 Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the confinement between vortex strings in the dual lattice gauge theory of the abelian Higgs model. The dual lattice gauge theory is described by a 2-form gauge field. We calculate the string-antistring potential from the surface operator of the 2-form gauge field. The linear confining potential appears in a confinement phase and it disappears in a deconfinement phase. The phase diagram of the theory is also obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1905.04471,
  title  = {String confinement in 2-form lattice gauge theory},
  author = {Tomoya Hayata and Arata Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04471},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures; (v2) version accepted for publication in PRD

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