Analytical results for Abelian projection

DOI10.1016/S0920-5632(99)85131-7zbMATH Open1051.81572arXivhep-lat/9809167MaRDI QIDQ5961314FDOQ5961314

Authors: Michael C. Ogilivie 

Publication date: 24 April 2002

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

Abstract: Analytic methods for Abelian projection are developed, and a number of results related to string tension measurements are obtained. It is proven that even without gauge fixing, Abelian projection yields string tensions of the underlying non-Abelian theory. Strong arguments are given for similar results in the case where gauge fixing is employed. The subgroup used for projection need only contain the center of the gauge group, and need not be Abelian. While gauge fixing is shown to be in principle unnecessary for the success of Abelian projection, it is computationally advantageous for the same reasons that improved operators, e.g., the use of fat links, are advantageous in Wilson loop measurements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9809167

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zbMATH Keywords

string tensionimproved operatorsgauge group center

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• The simple center projection of \(SU(2)\) gauge theory
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• The string tension in the maximally Abelian gauge after smoothing.

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