Topics of monopole dynamics in gluodynamics

TL;DR

This paper explores monopole dynamics in gluodynamics through gauge dependence, dual abelian Higgs models, and lattice instanton actions, revealing gauge independence and flux tube profiles consistent with SU(2) gluodynamics.

Contribution

It presents new insights into gauge dependence, vacuum structure, and instanton actions in monopole dynamics within gluodynamics, combining analytical and lattice approaches.

Findings

MA and Laplacian gauges show similar renormalization flows

Dual abelian Higgs model reproduces flux tube profiles

Gauge-independent instanton actions reproduce string tension

Abstract

Three topics of monopole dynamics in gluodynamics are presented. 1)Gauge (in)dependence of the monopole effective action (S.Ito, T.W.Park, T.Suzuki): Four different abelian projections are studied. MA and Laplacian abelian gauges show almost the same renormalization flow and renormalized trajectory. 2)The quantized dual abelian Higgs model (DAH) derived from SU(2) gluodynamics and its vacuum structure (Y.Koma, E.-M.Ilgenfritz, T.Suzuki,M.I.Polikarpov): Monte-Carlo analysis of DAH is done. The quantum average of the dual field strength shows a flux tube profile similar to the color-electric field profile measured in SU(2) gluodynamics. 3)Lattice instanton action from 3D SU(2) Georgi-Glashow model (GG)$_3$ (T.Yazawa, T.Suzuki): (GG)$_3$ is studied on the lattice in the London limit. We determine an effective instanton action both in unitary and MA gauges. For some range of parameters, we obtain almost perfect actions which look the same in both gauges (gauge independence) and which reproduce well the string tension.