Reflections on topology-viewpoints on abelian projections

DOI10.1016/S0920-5632(02)01298-7zbMATH Open1080.81562arXivhep-th/0109148MaRDI QIDQ1597286FDOQ1597286

Authors: Pierre Van Baal 

Publication date: 12 May 2002

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

Abstract: This talk discusses two topological features in non-abelian gauge theories, related by the notion of abelian projection and the Hopf invariant. Minimising the energy of the non-linear sigma model with a Skyrme-like term (the Faddeev-Niemi model), can be identified with a non-linear maximal abelian gauge fixing of the SU(2) gauge vacua with a winding number equal to the Hopf invariant. In the context of abelian projection the Hopf invariant can also be associated to a monopole world line, through the Taubes winding, measuring its contribution to topological charge. Calorons with non-trivial holonomy provide an explicit realisation. We discuss the identification of its constituent monopoles through degenerate eigenvalues of the Polyakov loop (the singularities or defects of the abelian projection). It allows us to study the correlation between the defect locations and the explicit constituent monopole structure, through a specific SU(3) example.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0109148

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zbMATH Keywords

Hopf invariantnon-abelian gauge theoriesnonlinear sigma model energy minimisation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

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