Monopoles, vortices and confinement in SU(3) gauge theory

Del Debbio, L.; Di Giacomo, A.; Lucini, B.

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00091-0

Monopoles, vortices and confinement in SU(3) gauge theory

L. Del Debbio
(
- Pisa U. and
- INFN, Pisa
)
,
A. Di Giacomo
(
- Pisa U. and
- INFN, Pisa
)
,
B. Lucini
(
- Oxford U.
)

Nov, 2000

8 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 500 (2001) 326-329

e-Print:

hep-lat/0011048 [hep-lat]

DOI:

10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00091-0

Report number:

IFUP-TH-2000-32

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Abstract:

We compute, in SU(3) pure gauge theory, the vacuum expectation value (vev) of the operator which creates a

Z_3

vortex wrapping the lattice through periodic boundary conditions (dual Polyakov line). The technique used is the same already tested in the SU(2) case. The dual Polyakov line proves to be a good disorder parameter for confinement, and has a similar behaviour to the monopole condensate. The new features which characterise the construction of the disorder operator in SU(3) are emphasised.

Note:

8 pages, 4 eps figures, typed with elsart.cls Report-no: IFUP-TH/2000-32

11.15.Ha
12.38.Aw
64.60.Cn
Confinement
Vortices
Monopoles
lattice field theory: boundary condition
gauge field theory: SU(3)
vortex: Z(3)
vortex: operator

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