Order parameters in a modified lattice gauge theory
Creators
- 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Description
Mack and Petkova, and Yaffe have recently considered a modified lattice gauge theory, in which the 't Hooft operator has an unexpected area law and is not complementary to the Wilson loop operator. We find that this occurs because the modified theory has a conserved flux not present in the usual lattice theory; as a result, it has two pairs of dual order parameters rather than one. The 't Hooft operator, which probes the physics of interest in the weak-coupling, continuum limit, and which is complementary to the Wilson operator, is not the one considered by the earlier authors. We discuss the order parameters at weak and strong coupling, the corresponding topological fluxes, and the implications for other (lattice or continuum) gauge theories
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 3325-3330
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14721340
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- GAUGE INVARIANCE; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; ORDER PARAMETERS; SU GROUPS; TOPOLOGY; WEAK-COUPLING MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS