Chromoelectric Knot in QCD

TL;DR

This paper proposes that Skyrme theory models the chromomagnetic aspects of QCD and predicts a new chromoelectric topological knot in QCD, estimating its mass and decay properties.

Contribution

It introduces the idea that Skyrme theory is dual to QCD and predicts a novel chromoelectric knot with estimated physical characteristics.

Findings

Prediction of a new chromoelectric topological knot in QCD.

Estimation of the knot's mass around 50 GeV.

Decay width estimated at approximately 117 MeV.

Abstract

We argue that the Skyrme theory describes the chromomagnetic (not chromoelectric) dynamics of QCD. This shows that the Skyrme theory could more properly be interpreted as an effective theory which is dual to QCD, rather than an effective theory of QCD itself. This leads us to predict the existence of a new type of topological knot, a twisted chromoelectric flux ring, in QCD which is dual to the chromomagnetic Faddeev-Niemi knot in Skyrme theory. We estimate the mass and the decay width of the lightest chromoelectric knot to be around $50 GeV$ and $117 MeV$.