scholarly journals Magnetic monopole versus vortex as gauge-invariant topological objects for quark confinement

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (36) ◽  
pp. 1747015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei-Ichi Kondo ◽  
Takaaki Sasago ◽  
Toru Shinohara ◽  
Akihiro Shibata ◽  
Seikou Kato
Keyword(s):  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Magnetic Monopole ◽  
String Tension ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tube ◽  
Quark Confinement ◽  
Profile Function ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Vortex Solution ◽  
Definition Of

First, we give a gauge-independent definition of chromomagnetic monopoles in [Formula: see text] Yang–Mills theory which is derived through a non-Abelian Stokes theorem for the Wilson loop operator. Then we discuss how such magnetic monopoles can give a nontrivial contribution to the Wilson loop operator for understanding the area law of the Wilson loop average. Next, we discuss how the magnetic monopole condensation picture are compatible with the vortex condensation picture as another promising scenario for quark confinement. We analyze the profile function of the magnetic flux tube as the non-Abelian vortex solution of [Formula: see text] gauge-Higgs model, which is to be compared with numerical simulations of the [Formula: see text] Yang–Mills theory on a lattice. This analysis gives an estimate of the string tension based on the vortex condensation picture, and possible interactions between two non-Abelian vortices.

scholarly journals Double-winding Wilson loops in SU(N) Yang-Mills theory – A criterion for testing the confinement models –

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 12002
Author(s):  
Ryutaro Matsudo ◽  
Kei-Ichi Kondo ◽  
Akihiro Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Wilson Loop ◽  
String Tension ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Fundamental Representation ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Operator Relation ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Area Law

We examine how the average of double-winding Wilson loops depends on the number of color N in the SU(N) Yang-Mills theory. In the case where the two loops C1 and C2 are identical, we derive the exact operator relation which relates the doublewinding Wilson loop operator in the fundamental representation to that in the higher dimensional representations depending on N. By taking the average of the relation, we find that the difference-of-areas law for the area law falloff recently claimed for N = 2 is excluded for N ⩾ 3, provided that the string tension obeys the Casimir scaling for the higher representations. In the case where the two loops are distinct, we argue that the area law follows a novel law (N − 3)A1/(N − 1) + A2 with A1 and A2(A1 < A2) being the minimal areas spanned respectively by the loops C1 and C2, which is neither sum-ofareas (A1 + A2) nor difference-of-areas (A2 − A1) law when (N ⩾ 3). Indeed, this behavior can be confirmed in the two-dimensional SU(N) Yang-Mills theory exactly.

scholarly journals CONFINEMENT IN GAUGE THEORIES FROM THE CONDENSATION OF WORLD SHEET DEFECTS IN LIOUVILLE STRING

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 3761-3788 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN ELLIS ◽  
N. E. MAVROMATOS
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
String Tension ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Target Space ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
World Sheet

We present a Liouville-string approach to confinement in four-dimensional gauge theories, which extends previous approaches to include nonconformal theories. We consider Liouville field theory on world sheets whose boundaries are the Wilson loops of gauge theory, which exhibit vortex and spike defects. We show that world sheet vortex condensation occurs when the Wilson loop is embedded in four target–space–time dimensions, and show that this corresponds to the condensation of gauge magnetic monopoles in target–space. We also show that vortex condensation generates an effective string tension corresponding to the confinement of electric degrees of freedom. The tension is independent of the string length in a gauge theory whose electric coupling varies logarithmically with the length scale. The Liouville field is naturally interpreted as an extra target dimension, with an anti-de-Sitter (AdS) structure induced by recoil effects on the gauge monopoles, interpreted as D branes of the effective string theory. Black holes in the bulk AdS space correspond to world sheet defects, so that phases of the bulk gravitational system correspond to the different world sheet phases, and hence to different phases of the four-dimensional gauge theory. Deconfinement is associated with a Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition of vortices on the Wilson-loop world sheet, corresponding in turn to a phase transition of the black holes in the bulk AdS space.

scholarly journals Magnetic condensation, Abelian dominance, and instability of Savvidy vacuum in Yang-Mills theory

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 4609-4614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei-Ichi KONDO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Quark Confinement ◽  
Mass Generation ◽  
Dynamical Mass ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Dynamical Mass Generation

We propose a novel type of color magnetic condensation originating from magnetic monopoles so that it provides the mass of off-diagonal gluons in the Yang-Mills theory. This dynamical mass generation enables us to explain the infrared Abelian dominance and monopole dominance by way of a non-Abelian Stokes theorem, which supports the dual superconductivity picture of quark confinement. Moreover, we show that the instability of Savvidy vacuum disappears by sufficiently large color magnetic condensation.

scholarly journals A FORMULATION OF THE YANG–MILLS THEORY AS A DEFORMATION OF A TOPOLOGICAL FIELD THEORY BASED ON THE BACKGROUND FIELD METHOD AND QUARK CONFINEMENT PROBLEM

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (07) ◽  
pp. 1303-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEI-ICHI KONDO
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Magnetic Monopole ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Quark Confinement ◽  
Mass Generation ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Topological Quantum ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Background Field Method

By making use of the background field method, we derive a novel reformulation of the Yang–Mills theory which was proposed recently by the author to derive quark confinement in QCD. This reformulation identifies the Yang–Mills theory with a deformation of a topological quantum field theory. The relevant background is given by the topologically nontrivial field configuration, especially, the topological soliton which can be identified with the magnetic monopole current in four dimensions. We argue that the gauge fixing term becomes dynamical and that the gluon mass generation takes place by a spontaneous breakdown of the hidden supersymmetry caused by the dimensional reduction. We also propose a numerical simulation to confirm the validity of the scheme we have proposed. Finally we point out that the gauge fixing part may have a geometric meaning from the viewpoint of global topology where the magnetic monopole solution represents the critical point of a Morse function in the space of field configurations.

scholarly journals NON-ABELIAN STOKES THEOREM AND QUARK CONFINEMENT IN SU(3) YANG–MILLS GAUGE THEORY

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEI-ICHI KONDO ◽  
YUTARO TAIRA
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Monopole ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Topological Field Theory ◽  
Quark Confinement ◽  
Forthcoming Article ◽  
Abelian Gauge ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Gauge Fixing ◽  
Topological Field ◽  
Area Law

We derive a new version of SU (3) non-Abelian Stokes theorem by making use of the coherent state representation on the coset space SU (3)/ U (1) × U (1)) = F2, the flag space. Then we outline a derivation of the area law of the Wilson loop in SU (3) Yang–Mills theory in the maximal Abelian gauge (the detailed exposition will be given in a forthcoming article). This derivation is performed by combining the non-Abelian Stokes theorem with the reformulation of the Yang–Mills theory as a perturbative deformation of a topological field theory recently proposed by one of the authors. Within this framework, we show that the fundamental quark is confined even if G = SU (3) is broken by partial gauge fixing into H = U (2) just as G is broken to H = U(1) × U(1). An origin of the area law is related to the geometric phase of the Wilczek–Zee holonomy for U (2). Abelian dominance is an immediate by-product of these results and magnetic monopole plays the dominant role in this derivation.

scholarly journals Magnetic Monopoles and Superinsulation in Josephson Junction Arrays

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-399
Author(s):  
Carlo Trugenberger ◽  
M. Cristina Diamantini ◽  
Nicola Poccia ◽  
Flavio S. Nogueira ◽  
Valerii M. Vinokur
Keyword(s):  
Josephson Junction ◽  
Magnetic Monopole ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
String Tension ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Josephson Junction Arrays ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Field Lines ◽  
Open Question

Electric-magnetic duality or S-duality, extending the symmetry of Maxwell’s equations by including the symmetry between Noether electric charges and topological magnetic monopoles, is one of the most fundamental concepts of modern physics. In two-dimensional systems harboring Cooper pairs, S-duality manifests in the emergence of superinsulation, a state dual to superconductivity, which exhibits an infinite resistance at finite temperatures. The mechanism behind this infinite resistance is the linear charge confinement by a magnetic monopole plasma. This plasma constricts electric field lines connecting the charge–anti-charge pairs into electric strings, in analogy to quarks within hadrons. However, the origin of the monopole plasma remains an open question. Here, we consider a two-dimensional Josephson junction array (JJA) and reveal that the magnetic monopole plasma arises as quantum instantons, thus establishing the underlying mechanism of superinsulation as two-dimensional quantum tunneling events. We calculate the string tension and the dimension of an electric pion determining the minimal size of a system capable of hosting superinsulation. Our findings pave the way for study of fundamental S-duality in desktop experiments on JJA and superconducting films.

scholarly journals Quark confinement due to non-Abelian magnetic monopoles in SU(3) Yang-Mills theory

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei-Ichi Kondo ◽  
Akihiro Shibata ◽  
Toru Shinohara ◽  
Seikou Kato
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Quark Confinement ◽  
Yang Mills

scholarly journals Onset of Magnetic Monopole-Antimonopole Condensation

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ralf Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Critical Temperature ◽  
Magnetic Monopole ◽  
Weak Interactions ◽  
Magnetic Monopoles ◽  
Bose Condensation ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Critical Strength ◽  
Electric Coupling ◽  
Lepton Family

We determine the critical strength of the effective electric coupling for the onset of Bose condensation of stable magnetic monopoles and antimonopoles in SU(2) Yang-Mills thermodynamics. Two scenarios are considered: infinitely fast and infinitely slow downward approaches of the critical temperature. Our results support the claim that the first lepton family and the weak interactions emerge from pure SU(2) gauge dynamics of scale  MeV.

scholarly journals Exact 1/N expansion of Wilson loop correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Mück
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Model Solution ◽  
Wilson Loops ◽  
Combinatorial Formula ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Hooft Coupling ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Super Yang Mills Theory

Abstract Supersymmetric circular Wilson loops in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 Super-Yang-Mills theory are discussed starting from their Gaussian matrix model representations. Previous results on the generating functions of Wilson loops are reviewed and extended to the more general case of two different loop contours, which is needed to discuss coincident loops with opposite orientations. A combinatorial formula representing the connected correlators of multiply wound Wilson loops in terms of the matrix model solution is derived. Two new results are obtained on the expectation value of the circular Wilson loop, the expansion of which into a series in 1/N and to all orders in the ’t Hooft coupling λ was derived by Drukker and Gross about twenty years ago. The connected correlators of two multiply wound Wilson loops with arbitrary winding numbers are calculated as a series in 1/N. The coefficient functions are derived not only as power series in λ, but also to all orders in λ by expressing them in terms of the coefficients of the Drukker and Gross series. This provides an efficient way to calculate the 1/N series, which can probably be generalized to higher-point correlators.

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