Wiese, U. J.; Mariani, A.; Kanwar, G.; Barros, Joao Pinto (6 April 2023). Confined Charged Particles in C-periodic Volumes. In: The 39th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 430 (p. 401). Trieste, Italy: Sissa Medialab 10.22323/1.430.0401
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Charged particles in an Abelian Coulomb phase are non-local infraparticles that are surrounded by a cloud of soft photons which extends to infinity. Gauss’ law prevents the existence of charged particles in a periodic volume. In a C-periodic volume, which is periodic up to charge conjugation, on the other hand, charged particles can exist. This includes vortices in the 3-d XY-model, magnetic monopoles in 4-d U(1) gauge theory, as well as protons and other charged particles in QCD coupled to QED. In four dimensions non-Abelian charges are confined. Hence, in an infinite volume non-Abelian infraparticles cost an infinite amount of energy. However, in a C-periodic volume non-Abelian infraparticles (whose energy increases linearly with the box size) can indeed exist. Investigating these states holds the promise of deepening our understanding of confinement.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Theoretical Physics 10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Wiese, Uwe-Jens, Mariani, Alessandro, Kanwar, Gurtej Singh |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics |
Publisher: |
Sissa Medialab |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Franziska Stämpfli |
Date Deposited: |
01 Dec 2023 11:12 |
Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2023 15:37 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.22323/1.430.0401 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/189376 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189376 |
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