Artigo Revisado por pares

Color comfinement, abelian dominance and the dynamics of magnetic monopoles in SU (3) gauge theory

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 272; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0370-2693(91)91837-l

ISSN

1873-2445

Autores

F. Brandstaeter, G. Schierholz, U.-J. Wiese,

Tópico(s)

Superconducting Materials and Applications

Resumo

Extending earlier work, we investigate the vacuum structure of the pure SU (3) gauge theory in the maximally abelian gauge. In this gauge the long-distance physics is carried essentially by the abelian degrees of freedom. Monopoles show up as particle-like singularities in the gauge fixing procedure. We find evidence that these monopoles condense in the confined phase of the vacuum, in accordance with the pivture of a dual superconductor, whereas they are dilute and increasingly static as the temperature increases in the deconfined phase.

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