Liquid-crystal defects and confinement in Yang-Mills theory |
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Authors: | M N Chernodub |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117259, Russia |
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Abstract: | It has been shown that, in the Landau gauge of the SU(2) Yang-Mills theory, the residual global symmetry supports the existence
of topological vortices which resemble disclination defects in nematic liquid crystals and Alice (half-quantum) vortices in
superfluid 3He in the A-phase. The theory also possesses half-integer and integer-charged monopoles, which are analogous to the point-like
defects in nematic crystal and in liquid helium. We argue that the deconfinement phase transition in the Yang-Mills theory
in the Landau gauge is associated with the proliferation of these vortices and/or monopoles.
The text was submitted by the author in English. |
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