Proposes torus and lens-space twisted partition functions as criteria for center-vortex and monopole condensation and proves vortex condensation implies monopole condensation in gapped phases.
Center vortices of Yang-Mills theory at finite temperatures
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Recent lattice calculations performed at zero temperature and in the maximal center gauge indicate that quark confinement can be understood in this gauge as due to fluctuations in the number of magnetic vortices piercing a given Wilson loop. This development has led to a revival of the vortex condensation theory of confinement. For a SU(2) gauge group, we show that also at finite temperatures, center vortices are the relevant collective infrared degrees of freedom determining the long-range static quark potential; in particular, their dynamics reflect the transition to the deconfining phase.
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Monopoles, Center Vortices, Confinement in (3+1)d, and the Lens-Space Twisted Partition Function
Proposes torus and lens-space twisted partition functions as criteria for center-vortex and monopole condensation and proves vortex condensation implies monopole condensation in gapped phases.