Classical Solutions in Gauge Theories — Spherically Symmetric Monopoles — Lax Pairs and Toda Lattices

1981 ◽  
pp. 199-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Olive
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Classical Solutions ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Lax Pairs ◽  
Toda Lattices

scholarly journals GRIBOV PROBLEM FOR GAUGE THEORIES: A PEDAGOGICAL INTRODUCTION

2004 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 423-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIAMPIERO ESPOSITO ◽  
DIEGO N. PELLICCIA ◽  
FRANCESCO ZACCARIA
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Functional Integral ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Gribov Ambiguity ◽  
Gribov Copies

The functional-integral quantization of non-Abelian gauge theories is affected by the Gribov problem at non-perturbative level: the requirement of preserving the supplementary conditions under gauge transformations leads to a nonlinear differential equation, and the various solutions of such a nonlinear equation represent different gauge configurations known as Gribov copies. Their occurrence (lack of global cross-sections from the point of view of differential geometry) is called Gribov ambiguity, and is here presented within the framework of a global approach to quantum field theory. We first give a simple (standard) example for the SU(2) group and spherically symmetric potentials, then we discuss this phenomenon in general relativity, and recent developments, including lattice calculations.

THE CONFINEMENT MECHANISM IN YANG–MILLS THEORY?

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 447-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSE A. MAGPANTAY
Keyword(s):  
Gluon Propagator ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Gauge Condition ◽  
Classical Solutions ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Effective Dynamics ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Parallel Surfaces ◽  
Nonlinear Gauge

Using the recently proposed nonlinear gauge condition [Formula: see text] we show the area law behavior of the Wilson loop and the linear dependence of the instantaneous gluon propagator. The field configurations responsible for confinement are those in the nonlinear sector of the gauge-fixing condition (the linear sector being the Coulomb gauge). The nonlinear sector is actually composed of "Gribov horizons" on the parallel surfaces ∂ · Aa=fa≠0. In this sector, the gauge field [Formula: see text] can be expressed in terms of fa and a new vector field [Formula: see text]. The effective dynamics of fa suggests nonperturbative effects. This was confirmed by showing that all spherically symmetric (in 4-D Euclidean) fa(x) are classical solutions and averaging these solutions using a Gaussian distribution (thereby treating these fields as random) lead to confinement. In essence the confinement mechanism is not quantum mechanical in nature but simply a statistical treatment of classical spherically symmetric fields on the "horizons" of ∂ · Aa=fa(x) surfaces.

On spherically symmetric fields in gauge theories

1977 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.N. Romanov ◽  
A.S. Schwarz ◽  
Yu.S. Tyupkin
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Spherically Symmetric
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