Topological phase states of the SU(3) QCD
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-16 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We consider the topologically nontrivial phase states and the corresponding topological defects in the SU(3) d-dimensional quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The homotopy groups for topological classes of such defects are calculated explicitly. We have shown that the three nontrivial groups are pi_3 SU(3)=Z, pi_5 SU(3)=Z, and pi_6 SU(3)=Z_6 if 3 < d < 6. The latter result means that we are dealing exactly with six topologically different phase states. The topological invariants for d=3,5,6 are described in detail.
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@article{arxiv.1306.2648,
title = {Topological phase states of the SU(3) QCD},
author = {Alexander P. Protogenov and Evgueni V. Chulkov and Jeffrey C. Y. Teo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.2648},
year = {2015}
}
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LATEX2e, 5 pages