On detecting discrete Cheshire charge

Dec 28, 1991
16 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 386 (1992) 27-42
  • Published: 1992
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Report number:
  • CALT-68-1753

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Abstract:
We analyze the charges carried by loops of string in models with non-abelian local discrete symmetry. The charge on a loop has no localized source, but can be detected by means of the Aharonov--Bohm interaction of the loop with another string. We describe the process of charge detection, and the transfer of charge between point particles and string loops, in terms of gauge--invariant correlation functions.
  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • string model
  • string: interaction
  • interaction: string
  • Aharonov-Bohm effect
  • charge exchange
  • correlation function
  • symmetry: discrete