KNOTS AS POSSIBLE EXCITATIONS OF THE QUANTUM YANG-MILLS FIELDS

2008/05/12 by L. D. Faddeev · 24 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Field (mathematics) #Gauge theory #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum field theory #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #Yang–Mills existence and mass gap #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/9789812833556_0010

Talk on the conference, dedicated to 85 years celebration for Professor C.N.Yang

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Abstract

A hypothetical picture of massive excitations of 4-dimensional Yang-Mills quantum field theory as closed knotted fat strings is described.

Citations

• Knot topology of classical QCD vacuum
• Stable knot-like structures in classical field theory
• Spin-charge separation, conformal covariance and the SU(2) Yang–Mills theory
• Ultraviolet Behavior of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
• Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?
• A non-linear field theory
• Conservation of Isotopic Spin and Isotopic Gauge Invariance