Vortex structure of the vacuum and confinement
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We discuss the recently published numerical computations of the vortex free energy. They dramatically demonstrate that the excitation probability for a sufficiently thick vortex approaches unity at large beta, i.e. that thick vortices `condense' in the vacuum. This is known to imply confinement. An analytical approach for exploring this phenomenon is also outlined.
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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0010076,
title = {Vortex structure of the vacuum and confinement},
author = {T. G. Kovács and E. T. Tomboulis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0010076},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
LATTICE2000 (Topology and Vacuum), 4 pages, 1 epsf figure, LaTeX