English

Vortex Structure in Abelian-Projected Lattice Gauge Theory

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

We report on a breakdown of both monopole dominance and positivity in abelian-projected lattice Yang-Mills theory. The breakdown is associated with observables involving two units of the abelian charge. We find that the projected lattice has at most a global Z2Z_2 symmetry in the confined phase, rather than the global U(1) symmetry that might be expected in a dual superconductor or monopole Coulomb gas picture. Implications for monopole and center vortex theories of confinement are discussed.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9908017,
  title  = {Vortex Structure in Abelian-Projected Lattice Gauge Theory},
  author = {J. Ambjorn and J. Giedt and J. Greensite},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9908017},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

LATTICE99(confine), 3 pages, 2 figures

R2 v1 2026-07-22T13:23:54.958Z