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We show that gauge invariant definition of thin, thick and hybrid center vortices, defined by Kovacs and Tomboulis on SO(3) x Z(2) configurations, can also be defined in SU(2). We make this connection using the freedom of choosing a…
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A novel approach for estimating the lower end of the $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ conformal window is presented through the study of center vortex geometry and its dependence on the number of fermion flavors $N_f$. Values ranging from $N_f = 2$--$8$…
Scale separation is an important physical principle that has previously enabled algorithmic advances such as multigrid solvers. Previous work on normalizing flows has been able to utilize scale separation in the context of scalar field…
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