Thermal ground state and nonthermal probes

DOI10.1155/2015/197197zbMATH Open1337.81099arXiv1504.05923OpenAlexW1862698929WikidataQ59102436 ScholiaQ59102436MaRDI QIDQ277708FDOQ277708

Authors: T. Grandou, Ralf Hofmann 

Publication date: 2 May 2016

Published in: Advances in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Euclidean formulation of SU(2) Yang-Mills thermodynamics admits periodic, (anti)selfdual solutions to the fundamental, classical equation of motion which possess one unit of topological charge: (anti)calorons. A spatial coarse graining over the central region in a pair of such localised field configurations with trivial holonomy generates an inert adjoint scalar field $phi$, effectively describing the pure quantum part of the thermal ground state in the induced quantum field theory. Here we show for the limit of zero holonomy how (anti)calorons associate a temperature independent electric permittivity and magnetic permeability to the thermal ground state of SU(2)${}_{inymboxCMB}$, the Yang-Mills theory conjectured to underlie photon propagation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.05923

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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