Confinement in three dimensional magnetic monopole--dipole gas

TL;DR

This paper investigates how electrically charged particles are confined in a plasma composed of monopoles and magnetic dipoles, calculating string tension and discussing implications for confining gauge theories.

Contribution

It provides a quantitative analysis of string tension dependence on dipole density in a monopole-dipole plasma, linking plasma properties to confinement mechanisms.

Findings

String tension increases with dipole density.

Confinement is influenced by plasma parameters.

Results have implications for gauge theory confinement.

Abstract

Confinement of electrically charged test particles in the dilute plasma of monopoles and pointlike magnetic dipoles is studied. We calculate the tension of the string emerging between the infinitely separated test particles. The string tension is an increasing function of the dipole density provided other parameters of the plasma are fixed. The relevance of our results to confining gauge theories is discussed.