Topology of center vortices

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00130-XzbMath0991.81109arXivhep-th/0112215MaRDI QIDQ5960384

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Publication date: 4 April 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0112215

zbMATH Keywords

topological charge; Wilson loops; gauge invariance; closed magnetic flux loops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T45: Topological field theories in quantum mechanics

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• Resolution of Gauss' law in Yang-Mills theory by gauge-invariant projection: Topology and magnetic monopoles
• Center projection vortices in continuum Yang-Mills theory