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 language | English |
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Number of pages | 0 |
Journal | Phys.Rev. D |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 0 |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jun 2002 |
Keywords
- hep-lat
- hep-th