Self compensation of classical non abelian charge

TL;DR

This paper presents a classical, non-singular SU(2) gauge field solution that completely screens a static charge with a pure gauge field, implying no observable classical non-Abelian charges exist.

Contribution

It introduces a novel classical solution demonstrating that non-Abelian charges can be fully screened by pure gauge fields, eliminating observable classical charges.

Findings

A new non-singular SU(2) solution with low energy

Complete screening of static charges by pure gauge fields

No observable classical non-Abelian charges

Abstract

A new classical, non singular solution with arbitrarily low energy is found for SU(2) non abelian fields in the presence of a static charge. Physically it means that a classical charge coupled to any SU(N) non abelian gauge field will develop a pure gauge field, carrying no energy, that will completely screen it - there are no visible classical non abelian charges.