Is the Chiral Phase Transition in Non-Compact Lattice QED Driven by Monopole Condensation?

TL;DR

This paper examines whether monopole condensation causes the chiral phase transition in non-compact lattice QED, using analytic and numerical methods, and finds evidence against monopole condensation being the driving mechanism.

Contribution

The study provides a quantitative analysis that rules out monopole condensation as the cause of the chiral phase transition in non-compact lattice QED.

Findings

Monopole condensation is not responsible for the phase transition.

Analytic and numerical results are in good agreement.

Monopoles are well understood in both quenched and dynamical cases.

Abstract

We investigate the recent conjecture that the chiral phase transition in non-compact lattice QED is driven by monopole condensation. The comparison of analytic and numerical results shows that we have a quantitative understanding of monopoles in both the quenched and dynamical cases. We can rule out monopole condensation.