Magnetic Monopoles and the Dual London Equation in SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory

Abstract

We propose a method for the determination of magnetic monopole currents in non-Abelian gauge theories which does not need a projection to Abelian degrees of freedom. With this definition we are able to determine the distribution of magnetic currents and electric fields for the gluonic flux tube between a pair of static charges. Further we check the validity of the Gauss law and the dual London equation in a gauge invariant formulation.

Comments: 16 pages, latex (paper.tex), figures included 28 separated .tex- and .ps-files, submitted to NucPhysB, complete postscript file also available at ftp://is1.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/skala/pl96.ps