Monopole clusters, center vortices, and confinement in a Z(2) gauge-Higgs system

F Gliozzi, A Rago

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Abstract

We propose to use the different kinds of vacua of the gauge theories coupled to matter as a laboratory to test confinement ideas of pure Yang-Mills theories. In particular, the very poor overlap of the Wilson loop with the broken string states supports the 't Hooft and Mandelstam confinement criteria. However in the Z(2) gauge-Higgs model we use as a guide we find that the condensation of monopoles and center vortices is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for confinement.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages0
JournalPhys.Rev. D
Volume66
Issue number0
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jun 2002

Keywords

  • hep-lat
  • hep-th

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