New Instanton Solutions at Finite Temperature

TL;DR

This paper presents new exact instanton solutions at finite temperature characterized by non-trivial Polyakov loops, described via monopole constituents, with implications for topological charge configurations and abelian projection.

Contribution

It introduces novel instanton solutions at finite temperature involving monopole constituents and explores their topological properties and potential applications.

Findings

Exact instanton solutions with non-trivial Polyakov loops

Description of solutions in terms of monopole constituents

Discussion of topological charge configurations and abelian projection

Abstract

We discuss the newly found exact instanton solutions at finite temperature with a non-trivial Polyakov loop at infinity. They can be described in terms of monopole constituents and we discuss in this context an old result due to Taubes how to make out of monopoles non-trivial topological charge configurations, with possible applications to abelian projection.