TY - JOUR
T1 - Monopole condensation and the lattice-quantum-chromodynamics crossover
AU - Brower, Richard C.
AU - Kessler, David A.
AU - Levine, Herbert
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - We propose the condensation of dynamical monopoles and their strings as the mechanism responsible for the rapid crossover from weak to strong coupling in SU(2) lattice gauge theory. By adding to the Wilson action a chemical potential for monopole formation, we are able to study the crossover in an extended phase plane. We find a critical value for the potential, related to the transition in a dual Ising model, above which monopoles are absent. Support for this picture is garnered from Monte Carlo simulations.
AB - We propose the condensation of dynamical monopoles and their strings as the mechanism responsible for the rapid crossover from weak to strong coupling in SU(2) lattice gauge theory. By adding to the Wilson action a chemical potential for monopole formation, we are able to study the crossover in an extended phase plane. We find a critical value for the potential, related to the transition in a dual Ising model, above which monopoles are absent. Support for this picture is garnered from Monte Carlo simulations.
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U2 - 10.1103/physrevlett.47.621
DO - 10.1103/physrevlett.47.621
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AN - SCOPUS:33744529692
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 47
SP - 621
EP - 624
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 9
ER -