2015/02/27 by Roman Höllwieser, Höllwieser, Roman, Michael Engelhardt +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-lat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1503.00016
33 pages, 35 figures
openalex publication_date 2015/02/27 · arxiv created 2015/09/02 · arxiv updated 2015/09/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a method to smear (center projected) Z(2) vortices in lattice gauge configurations such as to embed vortex physics into a full SU(2) gauge configuration framework. In particular, we address the problem that using Z(2) configurations in conjunction with overlap (or chirally improved) fermions is problematic due to their lack of smoothness. Our method allows us to regain this smoothness and simultaneously maintain the center vortex structure. We verify our method with various gluonic and fermionic observables.