Published April 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Confinement and the dynamics of magnetic monopoles

Creators

  • 1. Hamburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.). 2. Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik

Description

In 4-d U(1) gauge theory confinement is caused by a condensation of magnetic monopoles. Performing an abelian projection it is investigated whether the same mechanism is responsible for confinement in nonabelian gauge theories. Numerical simulations of 4-d SU(2) gauge theory indeed support the picture of the QCD vacuum as a dense state of color magnetic monopoles. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
4
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl.
Journal Page Range
358-365
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE

Conference

Title
International symposium on field theory on the lattice.
Original Conference Title
Symposium International: Theorie des Champs sur Reseau
Dates
28 Sep - 2 Oct 1987.
Place
Seillac (France).