The Maximal Abelian Gauge in SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory

2001/10/19 by William W. Tucker, John D. Stack
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-lat

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published as Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 106 (2002) 643-645 · Lattice2001(confinement), 3 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2001/10/19 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We gauge fix 600 SU(3) beta=6.0 configurations on a 16⁴ lattice to a simple form of the maximal abelian gauge. We project the SU(3) valued links to the U(1)xU(1) subgroup, and extract U(1)xU(1) and monopole string tensions. After gauge fixing to the indirect center gauge, the U(1)xU(1) links are projected to Z(3) and a vortex string tension is measured. The vortex and magnetic current densities are measured.

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