Pseudoparticles and confinement in the two-dependent Abelian Higgs model
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
Following Polyakov's proposal that certain classical trajectories (pseudoparticles) can restore broken symmetries and provide a mechanism for quark confinement, we study the Abelian Higgs model and calculate the pseudoparticle (vortex) contribution to functional integrals, taking account of the interaction between vortices. We obtain confinement in the sense of Wilson for fractionally charged quarks.
- Research Organization:
- Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Particules Elementaires, Orsay, France
- OSTI ID:
- 7046971
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 18:4; ISSN PRVDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BAG MODEL
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
EUCLIDEAN SPACE
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
EUCLIDEAN SPACE
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
PARTICLE MODELS
QUARK MODEL
RIEMANN SPACE
SPACE
SPACE-TIME
SYMMETRY BREAKING
VECTOR FIELDS