A model regularizing gauge fields in the strong coupling region

We propose a model using an effective lagrangian for bilocal gauge extended fields, looking somehow as an average over all open strings with fixed end points. The locality of the action is retrieved as a range parameter, which acts as a regulator, shrinks, and the Yang-Mills theory is recovered in this limit. The system is invariant by rotation and translation, generalizes lattice gauge theories and allows regularized strong coupling expansions for Yang-Mills field theory.     

Constraints on the infrared behavior of the gluon propagator in Yang-Mills theories

We present rigorous upper and lower bounds for the zero-momentum gluon propagator D(0) of Yang-Mills theories in terms of the average value of the gluon field. This allows us to perform a controlled extrapolation of lattice data to infinite volume, showing that the infrared limit of the Landau-gauge gluon propagator in SU(2) gauge theory is finite and nonzero in three and in four space-time dimensions. In the two-dimensional case, we find D(0)=0, in agreement with Maas. We suggest an explanation for these results. We note that our discussion is general, although we apply our analysis only to pure gauge theory in the Landau gauge. Simulations have been performed on the IBM supercomputer at the University of S?o Paulo.     

Monopole and dyon bound states in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories

We study the existence of monopole bound states saturating the BPS bound in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. We describe how the existence of such bound states relates to the topology of index bundles over the moduli space of BPS solutions. Using an L² index theorem, we prove the existence of certain BPS states predicted by Seiberg and Witten based on their study of the vacuum structure of N = 2 Yang-Mills theories.     

Convergence of strong-coupling expansion and linear potential in lattice gauge theories

We give a numerical lower bound on the radius of convergence of the strong coupling expansion in lattice Yang-Mills theories. From this we infer that the static potential rises linearly starting at ≈1.4 fm.     

Exact magnetic monopole solutions in Yang-Mills and unified gauge theories

We study the magnetic monopoles in non-Abelian gauge theories. The exact static, spherically symmetric solutions of the magnetic monopoles in both Yang-Mills and unified gauge theories are obtained. The energyE of the static system is calculable and it is either zero or infinite. The existence of the magnetic monopole solution is a consequence of symmetry rather than dynamics. We propose a new definition of the electromagnetic field tensor, which relates the static solution of gauge fields and the magnetic monopole solution. Experimental implications are discussed.     

There are no Magnetically Charged Particle-like Solutions of the Einstein Yang-Mills Equations for Models with an Abelian Residual Group

We prove that there are no magnetically charged particle-like solutions for any model with an Abelian residual group in Einstein Yang-Mills, but for the non-Abelian models the possibility remains open. An analysis of the Lie algebraic structure of the Yang-Mills fields is essential to our results. In one key step of our analysis we use invariant polynomials to determine which orbits of the gauge group contain the possible asymptotic Yang-Mills field configurations. Together with a new horizontal/vertical space decomposition of the Yang-Mills fields this enables us to overcome some obstacles and complete a dynamical system existence theorem for asymptotic solutions with nonzero total magnetic charge. We then prove that these solutions cannot be extended globally for Abelian models and begin an investigation of the details for non-Abelian models.     

On quantised strings describing the infrared behaviour of chromodynamics

We analyse the dynamics of electric flux lines in Yang-Mills theories using a lattice formulation. We find their motion to be similar to that of strings from dual theory.     

On the instability in non-abelian gauge theories with constant magnetic flux

We discuss the stability of Yang-Mills fields in the framework of a sourceless scheme introduced by 't Hooft. We find that abelian magnetic field configurations in Yang-Mills theories are always unstable. A classification for the unstable modes is given.     

Ultraviolet stability of three-dimensional lattice pure gauge field theories

We prove the ultraviolet stability for three-dimensional lattice gauge field theories. We consider only the Wilson lattice approximation for pure Yang-Mills field theories. The proof is based on results of the previous papers on renormalization group method for lattice gauge theories.Work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant PHY 82-03669 and DMS 84-01989On leave of absence, Postal address: Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA     

Algebroid Yang-Mills theories

A framework for constructing new kinds of gauge theories is suggested. Essentially it consists in replacing Lie algebras by Lie or Courant algebroids. Besides presenting novel topological theories defined in arbitrary spacetime dimensions, we show that equipping Lie algebroids E with a fiber metric having sufficiently many E-Killing vectors leads to an astonishingly mild deformation of ordinary Yang-Mills theories: Additional fields turn out to carry no propagating modes. Instead, they serve as moduli parameters gluing together in part different Yang-Mills theories. This leads to a symmetry enhancement at critical points of these fields, as is also typical for String effective field theories.     

Charges and Symmetries in Quantum Theories without Locality

We review some rigorous results (and include some new ones) on charges, symmetry breaking and related concepts in quantum theories without locality (micro-causality), relevant examples of which are quantum lattice systems, (nonrelativistic) many-body and lattice gauge theories. In particular, Goldstone's theorem and its generalizations (involving long-range forces) and Swieca's theorem on the connection between the absence of charged states and the existence of a mass gap are discussed.     

Connections on vector bundles over super Riemann surfaces

We show that the globally inequivalent off-shell N=1 super Yang-Mills theories in two dimensions classify the superholomorphic structures on vector bundles over super Riemann surfaces. More precisely, there is a one-to-one correspondence between superholomorphic structures on vector bundles over super Riemann surfaces and unitary connections satisfying certain curvature constraints. These curvature constraints are the canonical constraints used in superspace formulations of super Yang-Mills theories, but arise in our considerations as integrability requirements for the local existence of solutions to certain differential equations. Finally, we discuss the relationship of this work with some aspects of Witten's twistor-like transform.     

Lattice Yang-Mills theory at nonzero temperature and the confinement problem

We discuss finite temperature lattice Yang-Mills theory with special attention to the confinement problem. The relationship between the confinement criteria of Wilson, Polyakov, and 't Hooft is clarified by establishing a string of inequalities between the corresponding string tensions. The close connection between finite temperature Yang-Mills models and spin models is exploited to obtain new and rather sharp upper bounds for the critical coupling constant above which there is confinement. This same analogy also allows us to establish infrared bounds for the gauge models that yield a lower bound for this critical coupling and thereby show the existence of a weak coupling regime without confinement at nonzero temperature in three or more space dimensions. Finally we discuss extension of our results to other forms of the lattice action, the Hamiltonian lattice models of Kogut and Susskind and 't Hooft'sN → ∞ limit.     

Remarks on a New Possible Discretization Scheme for Gauge Theories

We propose here a new discretization method for a class of continuum gauge theories which action functionals are polynomials of the curvature. Based on the notion of holonomy, this discretization procedure appears gauge-invariant for discretized analogs of Yang-Mills theories, and hence gauge-fixing is fully rigorous for these discretized action functionals. Heuristic parts are forwarded to the quantization procedure via Feynman integrals and the meaning of the heuristic infinite dimensional Lebesgue integral is questioned.     

Euclidean gauge fields in four dimensions from stochastic differential equations

Using a stochastic differential equation for field configurations in a three-dimensional space lattice, one proves existence of a euclidean theory for non-abelian gauge fields on the lattice. The theory is also shown to possess a scaling limit for the mass gap at weak coupling. The construction is extended in a less rigorous manner to a theory with fermions and gauge fields.     

Localization for Yang-Mills Theory on the Fuzzy Sphere

We present a new model for Yang-Mills theory on the fuzzy sphere in which the configuration space of gauge fields is given by a coadjoint orbit. In the classical limit it reduces to ordinary Yang-Mills theory on the sphere. We find all classical solutions of the gauge theory and use nonabelian localization techniques to write the partition function entirely as a sum over local contributions from critical points of the action, which are evaluated explicitly. The partition function of ordinary Yang-Mills theory on the sphere is recovered in the classical limit as a sum over instantons. We also apply abelian localization techniques and the geometry of symmetric spaces to derive an explicit combinatorial expression for the partition function, and compare the two approaches. These extend the standard techniques for solving gauge theory on the sphere to the fuzzy case in a rigorous framework.     

On Verification of the Non-Generational Conjectural-Derivation of First Class Constraints: HP Monopole’s Field Case

In an earlier work we proposed a non-generational conjectural-derivation of all first class constraints (involving, only, variables compatible with canonical Poisson brackets) for “realistic” gauge (singular) field theories; and we verified the conjecture in cases of electromagnetic field, Yang-Mills fields interacting with scalar and spinor fields, and the gravitational field. Here, we will further verify our conjecture for the case of ’t Hooft-Polyakov (HP) monopole’s field (i.e. in the Higgs vacuum); and show that we will reproduce the results of Qandalji (Int. J. Theor. Phys. 45:1158, 2006), which were reached at using Dirac’s standard multi-generational algorithm.     

Avoiding Higgs fields

We show that it is possible within the given structure of Yang-Mills gauge theories to construct massive models without Higgs fields. We also discuss briefly the fermion mass term in this approach.     

On quantum mechanics with extended supersymmetry and nonabelian gauge constraints

We analyze a weakly restricted general class of quantum mechanical models with at least four real supercharges and nonabelian gauge constraints. The innocent-looking restrictions lead automatically and exclusively to the quantum mechanics which are the dimensionally reduced counterparts of supersymmetric Yang-Mills field theories. This result provides in turn an independent proof that N = 1, N = 2 and N = 4 Yang-Mills fields are the only possible supersymmetric gauge field theories (without central charges) in four dimensions.     

Valid for Much of “Realistic” Fields: A Non-Generational Conjecture for Deriving All First-Class Constraints at Once

We propose a single-step non-generational conjecture for derivation of all first class constraints, (involving, only, variables compatible with canonical Poisson brackets), of a realistic gauge (singular) field theory. We verify our conjecture for the free electromagnetic field, the Yang-Mills fields in interaction with spinor and scalar fields, and we also verify our conjecture in the case of gravitational field. We show that the first class constraints, which were reached at using the standard Dirac’s multi-generational algorithm, will be reproduced using the proposed conjecture. We make no claim that this conjecture is valid for all “mathematically” plausible Lagrangians; but, nevertheless, the examples we consider here show that this conjecture is valid for a “wide” range or much of realistic fields of Physical interest that are known to exist and be manifested in nature.