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arxiv: hep-th/0412236 · v2 · submitted 2004-12-20 · ✦ hep-th

Free Energy of thick Center Vortices

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keywords vorticescenterenergyfreethickabelianapproximationboundary
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The free energy of thick center vortices is calculated in continuum Yang-Mills theory in one-loop approximation using the proper time regularization. The vortices are represented by Abelian gauge field configurations on the torus which satisfy twisted boundary conditions.

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