Magnetic monopoles vs. Hopf defects in the Laplacian (Abelian) gauge

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00635-0zbMATH Open0971.81519arXivhep-th/0007119OpenAlexW2092929510MaRDI QIDQ1589892FDOQ1589892

Authors: T. Vekua, F. Bruckmann, Thomas Heinzl, Andreas Wipf 

Publication date: 13 December 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the Laplacian Abelian gauge on the sphere S^4 in the background of a single `t Hooft instanton. To this end we solve the eigenvalue problem of the covariant Laplace operator in the adjoint representation. The ground state wave function serves as an auxiliary Higgs field. We find that the ground state is always degenerate and has nodes. Upon diagonalisation, these zeros induce toplogical defects in the gauge potentials. The nature of the defects crucially depends on the order of the zeros. For first-order zeros one obtains magnetic monopoles. The generic defects, however, arise from zeros of second order and are pointlike. Their topological invariant is the Hopf index S^3 -> S^2. These findings are corroborated by an analysis of the Laplacian gauge in the fundamental representation where similar defects occur. Possible implications for the confinement scenario are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007119

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zbMATH Keywords

ground state wave functioncovariant Laplace operator eigenvaluessingle `t Hooft instanton background

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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