Published November 4, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Condensation of topological defects and confinement

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Tecnica F. Santa Maria, Valparaiso (Chile)
  • 2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21945, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Description

We study the static quantum potential for a theory of antisymmetric tensor fields that results from the condensation of topological defects, within the framework of the gauge-invariant but path-dependent variables formalism. Our calculations show that the interaction energy is the sum of a Yukawa and a linear potentials, leading to the confinement of static probe charges

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.09.020;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0408115v2;
PII
S0370-2693(04)01321-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
601
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 108-118
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38011089
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFINEMENT; DEFECTS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TENSOR FIELDS; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.