Temperature Dependence of Extended and Fractional SU(3) Monopole Currents

TL;DR

This paper investigates how extended and fractional SU(3) monopole currents vary with temperature, size, and charge, revealing their sensitivity to the deconfinement transition in pure SU(3) gauge theory.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed analysis of temperature dependence of extended and fractional monopole currents in SU(3), highlighting their role in the deconfinement transition.

Findings

Monopole currents are sensitive to temperature changes.

Spatial-temporal asymmetry ratios indicate deconfinement transition.

Features depend on monopole size and fractional charge.

Abstract

We examine in pure SU(3) the dependence of extended monopole current k and cross-species extended monopole current k^{cross} on temperature t, monopole size L, and fractional monopole charge 1/q. We find that features of both k and k^{cross} are sensitive to t for a range of L and q. In particular, the spatial-temporal asymmetry ratios of both k and k^{cross} are sensitive over a range of L and q to the SU(3) deconfinement transition. The motivation for studying cross, extended, and fractional monopoles in SU(3) is given.