arXiv:hep-lat/0010076·v1·High Energy Physics — Lattice
Vortex structure of the vacuum and confinement
T.G. Kovács (DESY-Zeuthen)🇳🇱 · E.T. Tomboulis (UCLA)🇺🇸
Abstract
We discuss the recently published numerical computations of the vortex free energy. They dramatically demonstrate that the excitation probability for a sufficiently thick vortex approaches unity at large beta, i.e. that thick vortices `condense' in the vacuum. This is known to imply confinement. An analytical approach for exploring this phenomenon is also outlined.
Comments: LATTICE2000 (Topology and Vacuum), 4 pages, 1 epsf figure, LaTeX