Effective monopoles in noncompact lattice QED

Journal Article · Mon Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2169· OSTI ID:5148940

Hands, S; Wensley, R ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (US)

In currently used lattice formulations of quantum electrodynamics, even though gauge fields are introduced as noncompact degrees of freedom, the constraints of gauge invariance imply that fermion fields are sensitive to features best described by compact or periodic variables such as magnetic monopoles. Results from a quenched simulation are presented, showing the existence of a percolation threshold for monopole current networks near the chiral-symmetry-breaking transition already known to occur from previous studies. Implications for the mechanism driving the chiral transition are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5148940
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Vol. 63:20; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHIRAL SYMMETRY
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
LATTICE FIELD THEORY
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
COUPLING CONSTANTS
FERMIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PROPAGATOR
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
STRING MODELS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FIELD THEORIES
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONOPOLES
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
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