SU(3) vortex-like configurations in the maximal center gauge

Abstract

A new algorithm for fixing the gauge to (direct) maximal center gauge in SU(N) lattice gauge theory is presented. We check how this method works on SU(3) configurations which are vortex-like, and show how these configurations look like when center projected.

Comments: LATTICE99(confine)-3p,5 postscript figures