Properties of the Abelian projection fields in SU(N) lattice gluodynamics

Jun 21, 1993
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 316 (1993) 333-338
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Report number:
  • LSU-442-93

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Abstract:
'tHooft's abelian projection of SU(N)SU(N) gauge theory yields NN mutually constrained, compact abelian fields which are permutationally equivalent. We formulate the notion of ``species permutation'' symmetry of the NN abelian projection fields and discuss its consequences for cross-species correlators. We show that at large NN cross-species interactions are 1N{1\over N} suppressed relative to same-species interactions. Numerical simulations at N=3N=3 support our symmetry arguments and reveal the existence of inter-species interactions of size {\cal O\/}\bigl({1\over N-1}\bigr) as analytically predicted.
Note:
  • 13 pages, 1 postscript figure included
  • gauge field theory: SU(N)
  • lattice field theory
  • gauge field theory: U(1)
  • field equations: monopole
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
  • correlation function: expansion 1/N