LATTICE FORMULATION OF THE PURE GAUGE FIELDS ON COSET SPACE

In this paper we construct a lattice formulation of the pure gauge fields on a coset space in the cases of a group G with non-trivial topological property and of a chiral group G, and present a local gauge invariant action of a quark system on a four-dimensional Euclidean space lattice, which has the continuum limit as usual. For non-chiral group with trivial topological property, it is shown that the coset pure gauge fields have no influence on the confinement properties of the confinement properties of the quark system by calculating lattice current-current propagator when the coset pure gauge fields remain manifest.     

CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES OF THE PURE GAUGE FIELDS ON COSET SPACE OF AN ABELIAN CHIRAL GROUP

In this paper the lattice current-current propagator is calcdlated and the influence of coset pure gauge fields of an abelian chiral group G=U₁×U₁⁵ on confinement properties of a quark system is discussed by virtue of the Wilson's criterion in lattice gauge theory. When subgroup H is U₁, the coset pure gauge fields only contribute a perimeter law factor to the current current propagator which has no influence on confinement properties of the system. When subgroup H is U_s, the coset puregauge fields have no influence on wnfinement properties of the system either.     

CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES OF THE PURE GAUGE FIELDS ON COSET SPACE OF AN ABELIAN CHIRAL GROUP

In this paper the lattice current-current propagator is calculated and the influence of coset pure gauge fields of an Abelian chiral group G=U₁×U⁵ on confinement properties of a quark system is discussed by virtue of the Wilson's criterion of lattice gauge theory. When subgroup H is U₁, the coset pure gauge fields only contribute a perimeter law factor to the current-current propagator which has no influence on confinement properties of the system. When subgroup H is U⁵, the coset pure gauge fields also have no influence on confinement properties of the system.     

CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES OF PURE GAUGE FIELCS ON COSET SPACE OF THE NON-ABELIAN CHIRAL GROUP

In this paper the method of lattlce gauge theories is applied to the investigation of the effect of coset pure gauge fields of the non-Abelian chiral group on the confinement properties of a system. In particular, the current-current propagator of the coset G/H=SU(2)_L×(2)_r/SU(2) model is calculated. Then it IS found that the pure gauge fields-on coset space only offer a perimeter law factor which does not change the confinement properties of a physical system.     

Gauge fixing, families index theory, and topological features of the space of lattice gauge fields

The families index theory for the overlap lattice Dirac operator is applied to derive topological features of the space of SU(N) lattice gauge fields on the 4-torus: the topological sectors, specified by the fermionic topological charge, are shown to contain noncontractible even-dimensional spheres when N3, and noncontractible circles in the N=2 case. We describe how certain obstructions to the existence of gauge fixings without the Gribov problem in the continuum setting correspond on the lattice to obstructions to the contractibility of these spheres and circles. We also point out a canonical connection on the space of lattice gauge fields with monopole-like singularities associated with the spheres.     

Monopoles, instantons and chiral condensate in lattice QCD

We analyze the interplay of topological objects in four-dimensional QCD at finite temperature on the lattice. The distributions of color magnetic monopoles in the maximum abelian gauge are computed around instantons. Studies are performed in both pure and full QCD and in both the confinement and deconfinement phase. We find an enhanced probability for monopoles inside the core of an instanton on gauge field average. This is independent of the topological charge definition used. For specific gauge field configurations we visualize the situation graphically. Moreover the correlation of monopole loops and instantons with the chiral condensate is investigated. Strong evidence is found that clusters of the quark condensate and topological objects coexist locally on individual configurations.     

On holomorphic factorization of WZW and coset models

It is shown how coupling to gauge fields can be used to explain the basic facts concerning holomorphic factorization of the WZW model of two dimensional conformal field theory, which previously have been understood primarily by using conformal field theory Ward identities. We also consider in a similar vein the holomorphic factorization ofG/H coset models. We discuss theG/G model as a topological field theory and comment on a conjecture by Spiegelglas.Research supported in part by NSF Grant PHY86-20266     

The linear system for self-dual gauge fields in a spacetime of signature 0

The overdetermined linear system for the self-dual Yang—Mills (SDYM) equations is examined in a flat four-dimensional space whose metric has signature 0. There are three different domains for the system, and correspondingly three (essentially) different solutions to the linear system for a given gauge field. If the gauge potential is real analytic, two of the solutions patch together to give a holomorphic function in an annular region of projective twistor space. Conversely, an arbitrary holomorphic GL(n, )-valued function in such a domain can be uniquely factored (on the real lines) to give a solution to SDYM with gauge group U(n). The set of all real analytic u(n)-valued gauge fields can thus be parametrized by the points of a certain double coset space.     

Staggered fermions and rotation-gauge invariance

We study the rotational invariance of the staggered fermions on the lattice by considering them as spin-zero fields in a quenched gauge field background. The non-integer spin fermionic fields are reconstructed. Bilinear operators (i.e. meson fields) in terms of the quark fields on a cube are classified according to the representations of the discrete rotational group.     

格点规范理论(Ⅰ)

本文介绍了由Wilson等人发展起来的处理粒子间强相互作用的格点规范理论。由于这个理论是建立在点阵上的规范理论,故首先讨论了点阵上体系的场论性质和统计物理性质之间的联系,介绍了处理粒子禁闭问题的Wilson判据,点阵的哈密顿形式。然后讨论了各种具体模型的计算方法,如规范场的点阵模型、紧致QED模型、费米子模型、阿贝尔Higgs模型等。在此基础上,总结出Wilson定理。本文也讨论了格点规范理论中的实空间重正化群方法,介绍了Heisenberg平面模型的重正化群分析,一维的二维的复现关系及Migdal近似。最后评介了近年来对于Wilson回路算子的一些研究,内容包括’t Hooft代数和Wilson回路算子方程等。     

Quark masses,the Dashen phase,and gauge field topology

The CP violating Dashen phase in QCD is predicted by chiral perturbation theory to occur when the up–down quark mass difference becomes sufficiently large at fixed down-quark mass. Before reaching this phase, all physical hadronic masses and scattering amplitudes are expected to behave smoothly with the up-quark mass, even as this mass passes through zero. In Euclidean space, the topological susceptibility of the gauge fields is positive at positive quark masses but diverges to negative infinity as the Dashen phase is approached. A zero in this susceptibility provides a tentative signal for the point where the mass of the up quark vanishes. I discuss potential ambiguities with this determination.     

Topology of quantum gauge fields and duality (I): Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions

The basic role of the representation of the gauge group in characterizing the topological excitations of the vacuum is pointed out. For SU(N) gauge fields on a lattice, the topological excitations are monopoles in the adjoint representation of the dual group ¹SU(N). This leads to a dual representation of the Yang-Mills-Higgs system in 2 + 1 dimensions. For SU(3) the deal theory in a scalar theory with discrete Weyl symmetry S₃. In the presence of adjoint Higgs fields the Weyl symmetry is broken in the Higgs phase but restored by pseudo-particles in the confinement phase.     

On the complete integrability of the static axially symmetric self-dual gauge field equations for an arbitrary group

We present an analysis of static axially symmetric gauge fields for an arbitrary gauge group G. Two ansätze are considered. The full ansatz involves a total of 4d(d = dim G), the reduced ansatz only 2d functions of (?, z). Imposing self-duality is shown to reduce the problem to a sigma model in the curved two-dimensional (?, z) space over the coset spaces G?/G for the full, and G¹/K for the reduced ansatz. G? is the complexification of G. ¹ is a particular non-compact form of G, and K the local form-preserving symmetry group of the reduced ansatz. We give explicitly the Lax-pair type representations (linear scattering problem) of the sigma model, indicating that the standard methods available for certain non-linear two-dimensional problems can be used to generate solutions. Our procedure has the advantage that only real fields over a real manifold enter the analysis.     

Global aspects of gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten models

A study of the gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten models is given focusing on the effect of topologically non-trivial configurations of gauge fields. A correlation function is expressed as an integral over a moduli space of holomorphic bundles with quasi-parabolic structure. Two actions of the fundamental group of the gauge group is defined: One on the space of gauge invariant local fields and the other on the moduli spaces. Applying these in the integral expression, we obtain a certain identity which relates correlation functions for configurations of different topologies. It gives an important information on the topological sum for the partition and correlation functions.     

The ’t Hooft vertex revisited

In 1976 ’t Hooft introduced an elegant approach towards understanding the physical consequences of the topological structures that appear in non-Abelian gauge theories. These effects are concisely summarized in terms of an effective multi-fermion interaction. These old arguments provide a link between a variety of recent and sometimes controversial ideas including discrete chiral symmetries appearing in some models for unification, ambiguities in the definition of quark masses, and flaws with some simulation algorithms in lattice gauge theory.     

BJORKEN-JOHNSON-LOW TECHNIQUE AND PERTURBATION STUDY ON CHIRAL ANOMALY IN ABELIAN COSET PURE GAUGE FIELD THEORY

The perturbation theory in coset pure gauge field theory is studied for the first time in this paper.By using the Bjorken-Johnson-Low technique and calculating the Schwinger term in related commutators,the anomalous Ward identity in Abelian coset pure gauge field theory is derived,which is consistent with the non-perturbative calculation.     

The U(1) problem and instantons on a lattice

Taking Wilson fermions for quarks, we derive the spectral representation of the quark propagator and investigate the relation between the spectrum and the topological charge of gauge configuration. Then we calculate the η and π propagators on an 8³ × 16 lattice and show that topologically non-trivial gauge configurations make the η meson much heavier than the π meson, when the hopping parameter is very close to the critical value.     

Anomalies, gauge field topology, and the lattice

Motivated by the connection between gauge field topology and the axial anomaly in fermion currents, I suggest that the fourth power of the naive Dirac operator can provide a natural method to define a local lattice measure of topological charge. For smooth gauge fields this reduces to the usual topological density. For typical gauge field configurations in a numerical simulation, however, quantum fluctuations dominate, and the sum of this density over the system does not generally give an integer winding. On cooling with respect to the Wilson gauge action, instanton like structures do emerge. As cooling proceeds, these objects tend shrink and finally “fall through the lattice.” Modifying the action can block the shrinking at the expense of a loss of reflection positivity. The cooling procedure is highly sensitive to the details of the initial steps, suggesting that quantum fluctuations induce a small but fundamental ambiguity in the definition of topological susceptibility.     

A disorder parameter that test for confinement in gauge theories with quark fields

We propose to use a suitably defined vortex free energy as a disorder parameter in gauge field theories with matter fields. It is supposed to distinguish between the confinement phase, massless phase(s) and Higgs phase where they exist. The matter fields may transform according to an arbitrary representation of the gauge group. We compute the vortex free energy by series expansion for a Z₂ Higgs model and for SU(2) lattice models with quark or Higgs fields in the fundamental representation at strong coupling (confinement phase), and for the Z₂ Higgs model in the range of validity of low-temperature expansions (Higgs phase). The results are in agreement with the expected behavior.