Quark confinement due to non-Abelian magnetic monopoles in SU(3) Yang-Mills theory

Journal Article · Tue Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4763521· OSTI ID:22075670

Kondo, Kei-Ichi; Shibata, Akihiro; Shinohara, Toru; Kato, Seikou ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522 (Japan)

We present recent results on quark confinement: in SU(3) Yang-Mills theory, confinement of fundamental quarks is obtained due to the dual Meissner effect originated from non-Abelian magnetic monopoles defined in a gauge-invariant way, which is distinct from the well-known Abelian projection scenario. This is achieved by using a non-Abelian Stokes theorem for the Wilson loop operator and a new reformulation of the Yang-Mills theory.

• OSTI ID: 22075670
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1492, Issue 1; Conference: QCD-WORK 2012: International workshop on quantum chromodynamics: Theory and experiment, Lecce (Italy), 18-21 Jun 2012; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
FIELD OPERATORS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
MEISSNER-OCHSENFELD EFFECT
QUARKS
SU-3 GROUPS
WILSON LOOP
YANG-MILLS THEORY