Center vortices of Yang-Mills theory at finite temperatures

Kurt Langfeld; O. Tennert; M. Engelhardt; H. Reinhardt

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00252-X

Center vortices of Yang-Mills theory at finite temperatures

Kurt Langfeld, O. Tennert, M. Engelhardt, H. Reinhardt

Universitat Tubingen

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Recent lattice calculations performed at zero temperature and in the maximal center gauge indicate that quark confinement can be understood in this gauge as due to fluctuations in the number of magnetic vortices piercing a given Wilson loop. This development has led to a revival of the vortex condensation theory of confinement. For a SU2. gauge group, we show that also at finite temperatures, center vortices are the relevant collective infrared degrees of freedom determining the long-range static quark potential; in particular, their dynamics reflect the transition to the deconfining phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301–309
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	452
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00252-X
Publication status	Published - Apr 1999
Externally published	Yes

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