2001/10/05 by Michael Engelhardt, M. Engelhardt, M. Faber +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Condensed matter physics #Dirac operator #Gauge theory #Infrared #Lattice (music) #Lattice gauge theory #Mathematical physics #Operator (biology) #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Thermodynamics #Vortex #Yang–Mills theory #hep-lat
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(01)01806-0
published in Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 106-107, 655-657 (Elsevier BV) · Lattice2001(confinement) proceedings, 3 pages, 3 ps figures
arxiv created 2001/10/05 · openalex publication_date 2002/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A model for the infrared sector of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory, based on magnetic vortices represented by (closed) random surfaces, is presented. The model quantitatively describes both confinement (including the finite-temperature transition to a deconfined phase) and the topological susceptibility of the Yang-Mills ensemble. A first (quenched) study of the spectrum of the Dirac operator furthermore yields a behavior for the chiral condensate which is compatible with results obtained in lattice gauge theory.