ZZ(2) Monopoles in Lattice Gauge Theories

May, 1981
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 102 (1981) 337-340
  • Published: 1981
Report number:
  • ICTP/80/81-20

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Monte Carlo simulations show that the phase transition in SO(3) theories isrelated to the condensation of Z(2) monopoles, the low-temperature phase being SU(2). The Z(2) monopole current of SU(2) is undergoing a very rapid change in the weak- to strong-coupling transition region.
  • LATTICE FIELD THEORY
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: Z(2)
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SO(3)
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(2)
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: MONOPOLE
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: CRITICAL PHENOMENA
  • MODEL: STRING
  • STATISTICAL MECHANICS: ISING
  • PERTURBATION THEORY: STRONG COUPLING
  • STRONG COUPLING: PERTURBATION THEORY