Two-meron configurations in the transverse gauge

Journal Article · Tue May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.19.3062· OSTI ID:6212921

Kaul, R; Takasugi, E; Valanju, P

The de Alfaro-Fubini-Furlan meron-antimeron and meron-meron configurations in SU(2) Yang-Mills gauge theory have been studied in the Coulomb gauge. The transverse meron-antimeron configurations, which have net topological charge zero, have been demonstrated to connect Gribov vacuums with topological charges +- 1/2 at Euclidean time t ..-->.. -infinity to Gribov vacuums with topological charges +- 1/2, respectively, at Euclidean time t ..-->.. +infinity. On the other hand, the transverse meron-meron (antimeron-antimeron) configuration, with net topological charge 1 (-1), has been argued to connect Gribov vacuum with topological charge -1/2 (+1/2) to Gribov vacuum with charge +1/2 (-1/2) as Euclidean time goes from -infinity to +infinity.

• Research Organization: Center for Particle Theory, Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
• OSTI ID: 6212921
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 19:10; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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