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A Probabilistic Mechanism for Quark Confinement.
- Source :
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Communications in Mathematical Physics . Jul2021, Vol. 385 Issue 2, p1007-1039. 33p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The confinement of quarks is one of the enduring mysteries of modern physics. There is a longstanding physics heuristic that confinement is a consequence of 'unbroken center symmetry'. This article gives mathematical confirmation of this heuristic, by rigorously defining of center symmetry in lattice gauge theories and proving that a theory is confining when center symmetry is unbroken. Furthermore, a sufficient condition for unbroken center symmetry is given: It is shown that if the center of the gauge group is nontrivial, and correlations decay exponentially under arbitrary boundary conditions, then center symmetry does not break. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LATTICE gauge theories
*GAUGE symmetries
*QUARK confinement
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00103616
- Volume :
- 385
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Communications in Mathematical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151126059
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-021-04086-y