Published February 15, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Restricted gauge theory

Creators

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik und Astrophysik, Muenchen, Federal Republic of Germany

Description

A restricted gauge theory is obtained as a self-consistent subset of a non-Abelian gauge theory by imposing an extra magnetic symmetry to the gauge symmetry. The theory describes the dual dynamics between the color isocharges (i.e., the electric charges) and the topological charges (i.e., the magnetic charges) of the non-Abelian symmetry, and contains two potentials, the electric and the magnetic potentials, in a dual-symmetric way. The topological charge is identified as the dual of the Noether charge of the magnetic symmetry of the theory. A possible role of the restricted chromodynamics for quark confinement in quantum chromodynamics is speculated

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1080-1088
ISSN
0556-2821