Confining proprties of a gas of Z(2) vortices
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✦ hep-lat
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vorticesstudiedaccountbrokenchargechargesconfinedconfining
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Vortex solutions are studied in an SO(3) gauge theory spontaneously broken to SO(2). These vortices have a Z(2) magnetic charge. A dilute gas of Z(2) vortices is studied taking into account vortex-vortex interactions. By going to a dual representation we show that odd charges are confined with a string tension which decreases exponentially with the inverse coupling.
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