2000/05/01 by J. Greensite, Greensite, J.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #hep-lat #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-lat/0005001
11 pages, 3 figures. Talk presented at "Confinement 2000," Osaka, Japan, March 2000
arxiv created 2000/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Motivations for the center vortex theory of confinement are discussed. In particular, it is noted that the abelian dual Meissner effect, which is the signature of dual superconductivity, cannot adequately describe the confining force at large distance scales. A long-range effective action is derived from strong-coupling lattice gauge theory in D=3 dimensions, and it is shown that center vortices emerge as the stable saddlepoints of this action. Thus, in the case of strong couplings, the vortex picture is arrived at analytically. I also respond briefly to a recent criticism regarding maximal center gauge.