Confinement from semiclassical gluon fields in SU(2) gauge theory

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2011.02.009zbMATH Open1215.81065arXiv1012.1214OpenAlexW1974900089MaRDI QIDQ545226FDOQ545226

Authors: Kurt Langfeld, E.-M. Ilgenfritz 

Publication date: 22 June 2011

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

Abstract: The infrared structure of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory is studied by means of lattice gauge simulations using a new constrained cooling technique. This method reduces the action while all Polyakov lines on the lattice remain unchanged. In contrast to unconstrained cooling, quark confinement is still intact. A study of the Hessian of the Yang-Mills action shows that low action (semi-) classical configurations can be achieved, with a characteristic splitting between collective modes and higher momentum modes. Besides confinement, the semiclassical configurations also support the topological susceptibility and generate spontaneous breakdown of chiral symmetry.We show that they possess a cluster structure of locally mainly (anti-) selfdual objects. By contrast to an instanton or a meron medium, the topological charge of individual clusters is smoothly distributed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.1214

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zbMATH Keywords

confinementYang-Mills theoryaxial anomalychiral symmetry breakingsemiclassical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25)

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