Diagonal deformations of thin center vortices and their stability in Yang-Mills theories

DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2011)078zbMATH Open1298.81193arXiv1007.0518MaRDI QIDQ467256FDOQ467256

Authors: L. E. Oxman 

Publication date: 3 November 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The importance of center vortices for the understanding of the confining properties of SU(N) Yang-Mills theories is well established in the lattice. However, in the continuum, there is a problem concerning the relevance of center vortex backgrounds. They display the so called Savvidy-Nielsen-Olesen instability, associated with a gyromagnetic ratio $g_m^{(b)}=2$ for the off-diagonal gluons. In this work, we initially consider the usual definition of a {it thin} center vortex and rewrite it in terms of a local color frame in SU(N) Yang-Mills theories. Then, we define a thick center vortex as a diagonal deformation of the thin object. Besides the usual thick background profile, this deformation also contains a frame defect coupled with gyromagnetic ratio $g_m^{(d)}=1$, originated from the charged sector. As a consequence, the analysis of stability is modified. In particular, we point out that the defect should stabilize a vortex configuration formed by a pair of straight components separated by an appropriate finite distance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0518

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zbMATH Keywords

confinementnonperturbative effectssolitons monopoles and instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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